Future of IoTSP – IT and OT Integration

The Future of Internet of Things, Service and People (IoTSP) for the industrial sector lies in integrating two worlds – information technology and operation technology. This article explains in details practical concepts of IT and OT integration with a usage of digitalization approach. As an example an oil and gas business is taken into account. The so-called Digital Oilfield idea is focusing on melding the IT, OT and IoTSP in order to "learn" what is working best for O&G production, to predict equipment failures, track employees in the field in order to coach them in real-time and remove from hazardous situations. The ABB Polish Corporate Research Center has developed and built the advanced test rig for ABILITY-powered machines, used as multipurpose experimental rig mainly for applications in the oil, gas and chemicals sectors. The test rig provides additional capabilities in terms of the advanced control methods and condition monitoring techniques design and evaluation for the industrial compression systems. Except the industrial view on the matter, the facility is also used to verify novel and disruptive concepts for device communication and connectivity from sensors and devices up to cloud and it has been used to validate cloud use and business cases.