Low Kah Yi Engineering leadership · Singapore
Reliable systems.Through change. I lead engineering teams that keep control systems and digital infrastructure running through change. Here I write about reliability and build small models of how systems fail and recover.
Nine years in 24/7 operations · Controls · Modernization · Recovery
ONE PLANT · POWER · COOLING WATER Synthetic model
Supply A available Supply B available Bus A available Bus B available Duty pump available Standby pump standby Cooling loop available Vessel available Supply A unavailable Supply B available Bus A unavailable Bus B available Duty pump unavailable Standby pump unavailable Cooling loop available Vessel available Supply A unavailable Supply B available Bus A unavailable Bus B available Duty pump unavailable Standby pump available Cooling loop available Vessel available Before the fault Supply A lost Standby on bus B
Bus A loses power. The standby pump is started automatically, on the same dead bus.
Cooling water 0%
Pressure at 120 s 339 kPa
Outcome Trip at 276 s Follow the full sequence → 02 / LATEST NOTE
Design reviews split a plant by discipline; faults do not. One synthetic unit shows a redundancy in one discipline defeated through another.
22 October 2026 · 3 min read
CRITICAL SYSTEMS LAB Four experiments in capacity, resilience, alarms and feedback, and one plant that joins them.
Explore the lab → 03 / A LITTLE CONTEXT
From chemical engineering at NUS to computer science at Georgia Tech, and from hands-on control systems work to leading engineers. Outside work: running and triathlon.
