PlantPAx process automation system delivers increased operational visibility
Just as health care has advanced dramatically in the last two decades, so has the physical size of many major health care institutions. Some of these institutions have developed into large campuses that not only include patient treatment facilities, but also administrative offices and a complicated building infrastructure to support these vital activities.
Such is the case for one major Minnesota-based health care campus. The hospital system’s utility plant provides steam for heating and chilled water for cooling to eight buildings on the campus — all managed by a distributed control system (DCS) implemented in 1993.