Customer Success Story: Xi’an Xianyang International Airport
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Asia
Country
- China
Product
- ICONICS GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA suite
- GraphWorX64™
- EarthWorX™ GEO SCADA
- Hyper Historian™
- WebHMI™
- AnalytiX® suite
- Facility AnalytiX
- Energy AnalytiX
Tech Stack
- HMI/SCADA
- Data Historian
- Web-based Automation Software
- Predictive Software
- Energy Management Software
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Energy Saving
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Transportation
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Building Energy Management
- Energy Management System
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Located in Xi’an, the geographic center of China, Xi’an Xianyang International Airport (XXIA) is not only the biggest transportation hub in Northwest China, but is also China’s eighth largest airport. XXIA covers over five and half square kilometers of land. The airport includes three terminals. The first terminal (T1) has a building area of 10,000 square meters. The second terminal (T2), has an area of 90,000 square meters, with 59 aircraft stands. Terminal 3 is spread out over 260,000 square meters. With a total area of 360,000 square meters, Xi’an Xianyang is able to handle over 30 million passengers per year.
The Challenge
The growth of Xi’an Xianyang International Airport made it necessary to seek a monitoring and control solution that could handle communication with multiple different data sources as well as scale to the wide array of equipment that is continuously added. One primary concern was energy use and temperature control throughout the 360,000 square meters of indoor airport space. China Western Airport Group and the Xi’an Airport Construction Co., Ltd. created a dedicated energy center that could assist them in providing comfortable temperatures for millions of passengers as well as the great number of people who work within the airport facilities. As the airport expands, so too does its energy use, as well as the complexity of its energy system. Airport officials required an HMI/SCADA system with a safe, reliable, cost-saving energy management component.
The Solution
Working directly with ICONICS China, Xi’an Xianyang International Airport selected: ICONICS GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA suite (including the GraphWorX64™ rich HMI/SCADA data visualization tool and EarthWorX™ GEO SCADA); Hyper Historian™ high-speed, robust data historian; WebHMI™ Web-based, real-time automation software; and AnalytiX® suite of analytical tools (including the Facility AnalytiX predictive software for facilities management and the Energy AnalytiX advanced energy management software). Redundant servers in the Xi’an Xianyang monitoring center run GENESIS64, WebHMI and Hyper Historian (for data storage). Multiple users are provided with access authorization for remote access and monitoring. Airport management appreciates the ability to set different permissions so that certain users can only access specific content and execute operations with their associated permissions.
Operational Impact
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