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Implementation of PI System in Microsoft Azure

Lima, Peru

  • Company:

Kallpa Generación S.A.

  • Location:

Lima, Peru

Kallpa Generación S.A. centralized and standardized operational data across its three power plants — Kallpa, Cerro del Águila, and Puerto Bravo — through a PI System™ architecture deployed on Microsoft Azure™. The solution enabled real-time monitoring, advanced production and environmental calculations, and independent per-plant security management, even in remote locations with limited connectivity.

  • Challenges

Managing Operational Data Across Remote, Distributed Plants

Kallpa Generación S.A. operated multiple power generation plants across different geographic locations, each producing critical operational data that needed to be integrated, historized, and analyzed centrally. Key challenges included:

  • Cloud infrastructure: deploying a PI System™ platform on Microsoft Azure™ capable of receiving operational data from plants in different locations.
  • Limited connectivity: integrating remote plants with restricted internet access into the PI System™ ecosystem.
  • Per-plant management: enabling independent administration of security, PI AF, and PI Vision for each operating unit.
  • Centralized historization: consolidating operational data from all plants into a single historical repository.
  • Remote real-time monitoring: supervising and analyzing key operational variables from a distance.
  • Advanced calculations: automating production, maintenance, and environmental indicators.
  • Operational stability: increasing the reliability and continuity of the production process.
  • Solution

A PI System™ Architecture on Microsoft Azure™

A PI System™ architecture was designed and deployed on Microsoft Azure™, tailored to the needs of a geographically distributed, multi-plant operation:

  • Cloud-based PI System™ architecture, sized to meet the connectivity and scalability challenges of the three plants.
  • PI™ interfaces and connectors deployed at each unit to collect data directly from control systems.
  • Plant-specific operational models and advanced calculations, turning raw data into actionable information.
  • PI Data Archive and PI AF configuration with security management based on Active Directory identities and groups, enabling independent administration per plant.
  • Staff training to build self-sufficiency in managing and analyzing their own operational data.
  • Results

Measurable Operational Impact

  • Successful data centralization across all three plants (Kallpa, Cerro del Águila, and Puerto Bravo) through PI interfaces configured specifically for each.
  • Unified data visualization from a single centralized access point.
  • Reduced manual data-generation work, freeing staff time for analysis instead of data capture.
  • Faster response times, with operational information available online for decision-making.
  • Greater operational process stability, driven by the real-time visibility and monitoring the platform enabled.
  • Guaranteed scalability through Microsoft Azure™ infrastructure, ready for future operational growth.
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  • Key Benefits

Why It Matters

  • Better process analysis and decision-making, backed by reliable, up-to-date information.
  • Increased productivity: staff work with information instead of manually generating data.
  • Cross-platform analytical capability, accessible via web and mobile devices.
  • Production indicators and improved supervisory control at each operating unit.
  • Hierarchical organization per plant, aligned to each plant’s specific operational processes.
  • Automated environmental emissions reporting, simplifying regulatory compliance.
  • Advanced calculations and comprehensive KPIs to improve asset performance.
  • Reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure™, ready for future growth.
  • Granular access control for reports and dashboards, by plant.

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