Customer Success Story Bently Nevada* Asset Condition Monitoring
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GE Energy System 1* Software CONDITION MONITORING PROVES ESSENTIAL DURING PLANT COMMISSIONING Bently Nevada 3500 machinery protection systems and GE’s System 1* Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Software demonstrate their value, helping a plant to address root cause and avoid further costly damage rather than blindly replace damaged equipment. PROBLEM During the commissioning phase of a large petrochemical complex in the UK, routine overnight testing of several process loops was conducted. The following morning two electric motor-driven pumps were found completely wrecked. SOLUTION The plant employs continuous online monitoring for its critical assets via four Bently Nevada 3500 Series machinery protection systems linked to System 1 software. PAYBACK Data captured by System 1 software during the overnight testing indicated the machines had run at 7000 RPM in the reverse direction. The customer concluded that fluid must have run backwards through the pumps, causing this reverse rotation, and immediately suspected the check valves as the probable cause. When the check valves were inspected, the customer found the housings were empty. Without this essential information, both pumps would have been replaced with spares from stock, without addressing the root cause. A second set of pumps would have been wrecked at an estimated cost of 40,000 Euros. BENEFITS • Captures vital information that may otherwise be missed unless continuous on-line monitoring is used. The subsequent delay or inability to determine root cause often results in further machine damage when equipment is returned to service prematurely. • Reduces maintenance and operating expenses by providing data on actual machine condition, helping maintenance teams fix problems before serious and costly damage occurs. • Provides advanced information to help maintenance teams anticipate what and where the problems are prior to opening the machine, minimizing costly downtime. 3500 Series Monitoring Systems As seen in Learn more by reading the Synopsis of Savings article in ORBIT magazine Vol. 24, No. 1, 2004 at www.orbit-magazine.com www.ge-energy.com/ocsuccess Oil & Gas – Petrochemical Production CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY BENTLY NEVADA* ASSET CONDITION MONITORING © 2008 General Electric Company, all rights reserved. * Trademarks of Bently Nevada, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the General Electric Company. GEA17167 (10/08)
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The success story of Asset Condition Monitoring in the Petrochemical Industry
Transcript of Customer Success Story Bently Nevada* Asset Condition Monitoring
GE Energy
System 1* Software
Condition MonitorinG ProvEs EssEntial durinG Plant CoMMissioninG
Bently Nevada 3500 machinery protection systems and GE’s System 1* Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Software demonstrate their value, helping a plant to address root cause and avoid further costly damage rather than blindly replace damaged equipment.
ProBlEMduring the commissioning phase of a large petrochemical complex in the uK, routine overnight testing of several process loops was conducted. the following morning two electric motor-driven pumps were found completely wrecked.
SolutioNthe plant employs continuous online monitoring for its critical assets via four Bently nevada 3500 series machinery protection systems linked to system 1 software.
PayBaCkdata captured by system 1 software during the overnight testing indicated the machines had run at 7000 rPM in the reverse direction. the customer concluded that fluid must have run backwards through the pumps, causing this reverse rotation, and immediately suspected the check valves as the probable cause. When the check valves were inspected, the customer found the housings were empty. Without this essential information, both pumps would have been replaced with spares from stock, without addressing the root cause. a second set of pumps would have been wrecked at an estimated cost of 40,000 Euros.
BENEfitS• Captures vital information that may otherwise be missed unless continuous on-line
monitoring is used. the subsequent delay or inability to determine root cause often results in further machine damage when equipment is returned to service prematurely.
• reduces maintenance and operating expenses by providing data on actual machine condition, helping maintenance teams fix problems before serious and costly damage occurs.
• Provides advanced information to help maintenance teams anticipate what and where the problems are prior to opening the machine, minimizing costly downtime.
3500 Series Monitoring Systems
As seen in
learn more by reading the synopsis of savings article in orBit magazine vol. 24, no. 1, 2004 at www.orbit-magazine.com
www.ge-energy.com/ocsuccess
oil &
Gas – Petrochem
ical Production
CustoMEr suCCEss story BEntly nEvada* assEt Condition MonitorinG
© 2008 General Electric Company, all rights reserved. * trademarks of Bently nevada, llC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the General Electric Company. GEa17167 (10/08)
