NOVA SCOTIA POWER
116 environment to develop rules , rule engines and algorithms , applying pattern recognition tools to better understand asset health and guide decision making on maintenance and investment . Greene ’ s colleague , Senior Technical Advisor Rob MacNeil , reveals more sensors are now being deployed in the field . “ We ’ re able to instantly see impending health issues ,” he says . “ Pattern recognition that absorbs our sensor information and applies principles to find anomalies and give us early alerts , is rolling up all of our intelligence – from preventative and predictive maintenance to predictive analytics and operator surveillance – into the rules engine to offer an improved real time view of our assets .”
The positive impact on efficiency has been felt across the business . Previously the technical team would spend time searching for and managing information but less time actually doing high-end analytics . One of the goals for NSP ’ s asset management program has been achieved : to provide intelligence capable of delivering actionable
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