Operation monitoring and improvement proposals for water treatment facilities centered on the Digital Solution Center : DSC
We introduce our efforts toward DX (Digital Transformation).
For stable operation and maximizing value of water treatment facilities
In the water supply businesses, they have not optimized operation and management of water treatment facilities at each facility and location. Also, there has been a challenge: data and experience gained at each site have not been fully utilized.
Furthermore, to understand the facility status and to offer appropriate improvement required advanced expertise and continuous analysis.
In order to address these challenges, Kurita with its expert medium of digital; Digital Solutions Center (DSC), aggregates and analyzes IoT data and water quality data from water treatment facilities of our customers both domestically and internationally, then provides data-based operation management and suggestions for improvement.
Contributing to lifecycle cost optimization and reduction of environmental impact
Based on IoT data and water quality analysis data acquired from our customers' facilities, Kurita detects signs of state change in the equipment early, enables ourselves planned maintenance and to prevent problems before they occur.
Thus, customers of Kurita can operate their facilities stably. We also provide advanced operational management more than "monitoring" by suggesting optimal operating methods designed for our customers' business characteristics and operational status.
Furthermore, through reviewing conventional operations relied on human judgment when managing plants, Kurita reduces operational costs such as personnel expenses, and contributes to reducing energy consumption and environmental impact with automated control systems.
- LCC (Life Cycle Cost: Total lifecycle cost of a product or equipment)
- LCA (Life Cycle Assessment: Assessment of environmental impact over the entire lifecycle of a product or equipment)
Data-driven operation monitoring and improvement proposals
IoT data acquired from customer equipment and analysis results of sample water are integrated at the Kurita Analysis Center and data infrastructure, and utilized centrally with equipment data and customer information.
According to those data, DSC constantly monitors the equipment status and detects abnormal signs early, then achieves "monitoring operation" that supports to prevent troubles and to operate equipment stably.
Meanwhile, the analysis results of the accumulated data are given back to the plants through online and shared as offline knowledge by plant engineers.We use those and make "suggestions for improvement" that offer optimal operating conditions and improvement plans, considering each customer’s business characteristics and operational status.
In this way, Kurita continues data-based monitoring operation and proposals for improvement, and then go beyond just to monitor equipment, achieving advanced and efficient operation. Therefore we can reduce operating costs, energy consumption, and environmental impact.
Toward more advanced management with a holistic view of the entire facility
Based on its expertise in operational management and data utilization which DSC built up domestically, we have begun providing services and expanding its valuable propositions globally.
DSC will extend its area; beyond water treatment facilities to integrated operational management of utilized facilities such as electricity, steam, and air conditioning. Our aim is optimization of the entire facility. To evolve into a global, comprehensive management platform, DSC will not only support the stable operation and efficiency of each location but also contribute to reduction of energy consumption and environmental impact.