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What it would take to design a generic energy facility with autonomous operations, defining what that means, the technologies involved, high-level design considerations, and standards, guidelines, rules, and regulations that are available?
Having truly autonomous operations would mean moving a human completely out of the loop by enabling a control system to manage everything from startup to shutdown. This is completely unheard of in a complex facility.
Any slip up, any accident, any mistake, no matter how small, could lead to a potential event, and we rely on people to respond quickly and safely. Knowing this, one still wonders, is it possible to take the person out of the loop? By moving a person out of the loop, the safety concerns, those of possible injury or worse, are mitigated. But is that enough? What else do we gain?
Kenny shares with you what he's learned about cloud-connected autonomous operations, the goods, the bads, and what the foreseeable future might bring.
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What it would take to design a generic energy facility with autonomous operations, defining what that means, the technologies involved, high-level design considerations, and standards, guidelines, rules, and regulations that are available?
Having truly autonomous operations would mean moving a human completely out of the loop by enabling a control system to manage everything from startup to shutdown. This is completely unheard of in a complex facility.
Any slip up, any accident, any mistake, no matter how small, could lead to a potential event, and we rely on people to respond quickly and safely. Knowing this, one still wonders, is it possible to take the person out of the loop? By moving a person out of the loop, the safety concerns, those of possible injury or worse, are mitigated. But is that enough? What else do we gain?
Kenny shares with you what he's learned about cloud-connected autonomous operations, the goods, the bads, and what the foreseeable future might bring.
Subscribe to Dale’s ICS Security: Friday News & Notes email here:
friday.dale-peterson.com/signup
Check out S4x27. Feb 8 - 11 in Tampa:
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