Exaquantum is one of the most comprehensive Plant Information Management Systems (PIMS) available for process industries. Exaquantum can acquire data from all facets of a process and transform that data into easily usable, high-value, widely distributed information.
The data then becomes an integral part of the set of tools used by the business in vital decision-making processes.
Exaquantum Overview
Exaquantum R3.50 Enhancements (January 2024)
- OPC UA Support
Saved data in Exaquantum can be provided each client package, user application via OPC UA interface. Also, custmer's security requirement can be met.
- Software and application environment
- Windows 10 Enterprise 2021 LTSC (64-bit)
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC (64-bit)
LTSC : Long-Term Servicing Channel - iOS 14.x or later (for Tablet environment)
Tablet supported for Exaquantum/Web of R3.01 or later.
Overview
Exaquantum is Yokogawa’s plant historian suite that provides a central database from which information can be extracted and presented to users throughout the organisation, enabling them to achieve safe, reliable and optimal plant operations. Exaquantum turns data into actionable information, enabling the smooth running and optimization of process operations.
- Easy business-wide information distribution
- Plant data is enhanced and used throughout the business
- Data can be accessed from multiple Process Control Systems
- Provision of long-term history
- Event-triggered processing of data into business information
- Time-resolved event history
- An integrated platform
- Exaquantum runs on the MS Windows platform, using industry standard technologies
Exaquantum / Web Data Trend
About OpreX
OpreX is the comprehensive brand for Yokogawa’s industrial automation (IA) and control business and stands for excellence in the related technology and solutions. It consists of categories and families under each category. This product belongs to the OpreX Asset Operations and Optimization family that is aligned under the OpreX Transformation category.
Details
Functionality
Exaquantum delivers a wide range of functionality suitable for many different production environments. The following list covers the major functional groups as a high-level indication of the capabilities available:
- Interfacing with plant data systems using industry standard OPC (including OPC UA)
- Automatic database configuration and management, based on PCS configuration
- Dynamic plant data hierarchy
- Comprehensive job-directed and type-specific historization, archiving and aggregation of many data types
- Extensive data management
- Flexible, scheduled and ad-hoc reporting including embedded Microsoft Excel, Word, Internet/Intranet and other applications
- Comprehensive trending facilities for real time and historical data
- Data analysis ranging from standard calculations to complex user defined functions
- User role dependent information display and security
- Closing functions based on the plant's production calendar, including automatic and manual data correction
- Statistical quality and process control
- Powerful user interface available via thick client (Exaquantum/Explorer), web-enabled thin client (Exaquantum/Web) and an Excel add-in
- Extensive information exchange with other applications (CSV, OLE DB and APIs')
- Alarm and event handling
- Automatic system administration and documentation
- Exaquantum/Web allows users to connect to Exaquantum systems using Internet technology
- Suitable for Apple and Windows Devices
- 7 inches or larger
- Touch Friendly
- Pinch and Zoom Gestures supported
- Scalable Graphics
Exaquantum/Web viewed on a Tablet
Features
Exaquantum maximizes the benefits of Microsoft Windows technology in a way that achieves the 'openness' and 'interoperability' to integrate business operations across the organization
- Automatic database equalization ensures Exaquantum always reflects the current status of the plant
- Historical database and real time database seamlessly provide comprehensive information about all aspects of the plant in real time or historical form
- Business historian with optimized archiving and aggregation of raw and derived data ensures minimum use of storage media without loss of information
- Closing calculations are performed according to user defined rules based on the following:
- Plant production calendar for batch and continuous processes with authorized correction
- Automatic recalculation (re-closing) and signing off for automatic inclusion in reports
- Production calendar can accommodate any time period and supports daylight saving
- Exaquantum provides an extremely powerful and flexible analysis and reporting facility. Drag & drop techniques enable comprehensive displays and reports to be created without programming. Displays can include dynamic graphics, trends, mimics, graphs, charts, spreadsheets, text, alarm & events, tabulated data and embedded objects. Simple scripting is available for users to create any number and complexity of calculations
- OLE DB and API component technology provides extensive information exchange with other applications for inclusion in reports, distributing information etc. (e.g. Internet/Intranet for sharing reports with remote sites, inclusion of CCTV or sound in displays, obtaining up to the minute commodity values)
- Comprehensive trending facilities provide real time and historical, single or multi-trend groups. Historical trends will seamlessly span recent and archived data
- Data quality embraces confidence and consistency ratings that are propagated throughout calculations
Exaquantum Web XY Plot
Exaquantum employs Microsoft Windows based client/server architecture with direct interfaces to plant data systems and business systems. This architecture enables applications from small single process installations to very large plant-wide systems. By integrating data from across a whole plant it is possible to serve many diverse users configured from the same basic components.
Exaquantum Overview
Benefits
Enhanced, seamless information flow within and between plant systems and business applications
- Automated instantaneous reporting
- Integrated information from plant data and business systems
- Aids Measurement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Automatic database configuration and updating
- Rapid and simple implementation
- Industry standard Microsoft Windows operating system
Exaquantum has a very clear business-directed focus to integrate data across an enterprise, delivering operational information to the whole business. Exaquantum provides industry with powerful plant information management, covering both business and process control domains. It eliminates the gap between business systems and process control by integrating information to meet complex business requirements.
Exaquantum provides the basis for Plant Information Management Systems (PIMS) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) that delivers business benefits to users in the Hydrocarbons, Pulp & Paper, Power & Utilities, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Drink, Manufacturing and other continuous or batch processing industries. This is achieved by integrating data from all facets of the business, then transforming these into usable, high-value business information, which can be used as part of the enterprise's vital decision support tool set.
System Architecture
Support Information
Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel Version support
The operation has already confirmed by the following version.
| Version | 21H1 | 21H2 | 22H2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| End of Service by Microsoft | Dec. 13, 2022 | Jun. 11, 2024 | Oct. 14, 2025 |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.20 | (*1) | (*1) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.30 | (*1) | (*1) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.40 | (*1) | (*1) | OK(*2) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.50 | (*1) | (*1) | OK(*2) |
| Version | 21H1 | 21H2 | 22H2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| End of Service by Microsoft | Dec. 13, 2022 | Jun. 13, 2023 | Oct. 14, 2025 |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.20 | (*1) | (*1) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.30 | (*1) | (*1) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.40 | (*1) | (*1) | OK(*2) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.50 | (*1) | (*1) | OK(*2) |
Windows 11 Semi-Annual Channel Version support
The operation has already confirmed by the following version.
| Version | 21H2 | 22H2 | 23H2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| End of Service by Microsoft | Oct. 8, 2024 | Oct. 14, 2025 | Nov. 10, 2026 |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.20 | (*1) | N/A(*3) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.30 | (*1) | N/A(*3) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.40 | (*1) | OK(*2) | OK(*2) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.50 | (*1) | OK(*2) | OK(*2) |
| Version | 21H2 | 22H2 | 23H2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| End of Service by Microsoft | Oct. 10, 2023 | Oct. 8, 2024 | Nov. 11, 2025 |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.20 | (*1) | (*1) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.30 | (*1) | (*1) | N/A(*3) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.40 | (*1) | (*1) | OK(*2) |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.50 | (*1) | (*1) | OK(*2) |
OK: Available, N/A: Not Available
(*1) Support ended with end of support by Microsoft
(*2) Only Exaquantum Client can be installed
(*3) Upgrading to Exaquantum Revision 3.40 or later is required
Microsoft 365 support
The operation has already confirmed by the following version.
| Version | 2102 | 2108 | 2204 | 2209 | 2301 | 2308 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exaquantum Revision 3.20 | OK | OK | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.30 | OK | OK | OK | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.40 | OK | OK | OK | OK | OK | OK |
| Exaquantum Revision 3.50 | N/A | N/A | N/A | OK | OK | OK |
Updated : October 8, 2024
Resources
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- Total system integration for large-scale biotech production facility.
- CENTUM CS 3000 and Exaquantum PIMS improve production efficiency at Chinese synthetic rubber plant.
- Exaquantum provides data on long-term trends needed to make improvements to plant processes.
- Rapid Implementation of Integrated CENTUM CS 3000 and ProSafe-RS.
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- Yokogawa's CENTUM CS 3000 DCS Monitors and Controls Operations at Poultry Litter-to-energy Plant
- The boiler and turbine startup procedures reduces operator workload and helps to ensure a smooth and safe startup
- At the company's Ulsan resin plant, six Exaquantum servers were connected to CENTUM CS 3000 and other vendor's systems.
- KKPC needed to expand its SBC capabilities and improve production efficiency at its plants.
- Installation of Exaquantum PIMS package improves efficiency of process data management.
- Improve quality and yield through proactive maintenance of plant assets.
- CENTUM CS 3000 plays key role in Malaysian waste oil to diesel project.
- Yokogawa proposed to provide its systems and services as the main instrument vendor.
- Exaquantum Achieves $2 Million in Annual Savings for CENIBRA Pulp & Paper Plant.
- Following an upgrade to the CENTUM CS 3000 Production Control System, leading pulp and paper supplier CENIBRA saw the potential for further savings and efficiencies through tighter control of the production process.
- CENTUM CS 3000 replaces legacy system at Paris's largest waste to energy plant
- Exaquantum is used to calculate plant performance and generate the reports needed to optimize operations and demonstrate regulatory compliance
- Innovative GEOLIDE waste water treatment complex in Marseille uses CENTUM and Exaquantum.
- The visualization of all data on items such as motor and pump operating time and chemical consumption amount allows operators to optimize key operation items.
- Easy-to-use report system
- Electric power demand monitoring screen with enhanced real-time capability
- Monitoring screens for estimated free calcium oxide content
- Automatic production control ranging from schedule to instructions, current status display, actual data collection, and report output
Eraring Power Station, located just north of Sydney, is one of the largest power stations in Australia, comprising four 660MW coal-fired units. The power station has operated reliably since 1981. To ensure continued reliability for the next few decades, Eraring Energy, the owner of the power plant, decided to replace the original hard-wired control equipment with a modern integrated control and monitoring system (ICMS).
- Yokogawa provides CENTUM CS 3000 and ProSafe-RS for the largest LNG terminal in Europe.
- Yokogawa's OmegaLand plant operator training simulator (OTS) helps to reduce costs, optimize LNG terminal processes.
- Yokogawa's CENTUM VP and PRM improve efficiency at new nylon plant in Thailand.
- At the plant startup stage, PRM was used together with FieldMate to thoroughly check all loops.
Rousselot Ghent won Belgium Factory of the Future Award. Yokogawa has supported Rousselot with automation systems since 1993.
Data of 20,000 tags gathered by Exaquantum helped to find the ideal production parameters.
- Yokogawa provides CENTUM CS 3000, Exaquantum and PRM solutions for China's largest refinery/petrochemical complex.
- Process data management by Exaquantum is a key issue in the petrochemical complex.
Improved plant operation efficiency and reduced maintenance costs based on appropriate predictive maintenance are the common objectives that need to be achieved in every manufacturing domain. Exaquantum is positioned above the Process Control System (PCS) layer and gathers and stores huge volumes of process and laboratory data over long terms.
ARC believes that by implementing procedural automation, many process plants can minimize variability to help ensure smooth, efficient, and safe state transitions.
Modern historians do much more than just store process data. They also provide analysis, reports, and valuable operational and business information.
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