Summary
- Closed for EoI
- Profile Type
- Technology request
- POD Reference
- TRES20241016008
- Term of Validity
- 16 October 2024 - 16 October 2025
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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An innovation services SME request is looking for technologies that improve the safety for plant maintenance activities in refineries and other industrial facilities.
The solution could combine novel software and hardware (e.g. wristbands, watches, equipment tags, cameras...) and integrate with other maintenance management systems (SAP PM and other alert notification and work order systems), as well as the card-based system used to enable plant entry to maintenance contractors. - Full Description
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Maintenance operations in refineries and other ancillary facilities are diverse and complex; such activities are carried out in an environment not free from multiple hazards.
Maintenance workers have a personal card to enter the plant through a digital control system and later receive supervisor's signed permits on paper to authorize the start of operations and the final review of the transaction.
While the connectivity at the plants is good, maintenance activities are still secured in a traditional way, with multiple permits and paperwork, making operations inefficient and not robust. In addition, real-time information is not available in case of an emergency.
In this context, this request intends to move towards digital processes to strengthen the safety of both the people involved and the facilities throughout the entire process, from entering the plant to exiting.
This Spanish innovative services SME is looking for a digital solution to automate safety controls in maintenance processes, for example:
• Authorize entry and stay in specific restricted areas of the plant. Control of area permits and non-compliance alerts.
• Authorize start of operations on equipment, e.g. maintenance work on a previously isolated equipment.
• Operating mode of equipment, in production or test mode, e.g. after maintenance intervention.
• Approval of the work carried out for release to production.
• Locate people in areas affected by unplanned safety events or accidents for efficient response and rescue.
• Alerts and reports based on business rules, to be defined.
The system could later evolve and incorporate more functionalities and devices such as the monitoring of the vital signs of workers to detect symptoms of health risk and plant location to take preventive measures in real time.
We expect the solution provide different technologies in terms of SW (APP, etc.), HW (e.g. wristbands or watches, equipment pads) or communications, which allow for e.g.:
• Identification and authorization of key personnel and assets.
• Traceability of security in relation to the location and movement of people and equipment, isolation, commissioning, etc.
The system will be applied to that equipment requiring safety control and to workers according to several factors, e.g. their qualification, training certifications, etc.
This solution should be able to integrate with:
• other maintenance systems, e.g. SAP PM and
• alert notification and work order systems used for maintenance operations, including maintenance planning and programming and use of human and technical resources.
• Card-based systems used to enable plant entry to maintenance contractors.
The proposed solution might be a niche /vertical work-safety solution, but also a maintenance management software or others that can support the requirements.
The Spanish SME is an open innovation accelerator that helps companies find and connect and co-develop with other tech companies, startups or tech centers in various projects and partnerships.
This Technology Request comes from a large customer, which is one of the most important oil companies in the world. The request is part of an innovation challenge that is currently open to all interested applicants. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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The future solution shall meet the following requirements:
• Enable digital safety control in plant maintenance (see detailed requirements in description)
• Integration capabilities with other existing SW, e.g. SAP
• Robust controls and traceability; data quality
• Simplicity of use and implementation - Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Solution provider
- Type and Size of Partner
- University
- Big company
- R&D Institution
- SME 50 - 249
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- Other
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 02003001 - Process automation
- 01003020 - Building Automation Software
- 02004 - Plant Design and Maintenance
- 01004011 - Maintenance Management System
- Market keywords
- 01006005 - Other communications (not elsewhere classified)
- 02007011 - Manufacturing/industrial software
- 02007015 - Integrated software
- 06002001 - Oil, gas and coal
- 08002007 - Other industrial automation
- Targeted countries
- All countries