Berlin, 7 September 2015 – The PSI AG was contracted at the beginning of 2013 by GASCADE Gastransport GmbH to modernise the network control system as part of the Transport Management Gas Network Project. The new PSIcontrol/Gas system has been in operation since the autumn of 2014 and works to the complete satisfaction of GASCADE.
For this project, the system to be implemented was based on PSI’s Gas Management Suite that includes the PSIcontrol/Gas, PSIganesi, PSIreko, PSItransport, PSIcomcentre and PSItase.2 applications. PSIcontrol/Gas fulfils all the current requirements for a network control system. The simulation package PSIganesi calculates the current network status and displays the results in process images or a topological worldview. PSItransport, with its scope of standard functions, completely fulfils the requirements for time series management, schedule management with cooperation partners in the GASPOOL market region and network balancing. PSIreko is used for integrated gas property reconstruction. Interfaces to the customer’s in-house systems as well as external partner systems were realised with the applications PSIcomcentre or PSItase.2. The PSI Gas Management Suite also fulfilled all the GASCADE-specific security requirements.
In 2015, PSI was contracted to deliver additional functions after the successful implementation of the solution in everyday operations.
The GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, headquartered in Kassel, is one of the largest natural gas transport companies in Germany and operates a transportation grid of about 2,400 kilometres. The GASCADE pipeline network, with eight border crossing points, directly connects five European countries with one another.
On the basis of its own software products, PSI AG develops and integrates complete solutions for energy management (gas, oil, electricity, heat, energy trading), production management (mining, metals, automotive, mechanical engineering, logistics) and infrastructure management for transport and safety. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs 1,700 persons worldwide.
