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As the performance of gas turbines, compressors, heat exchangers and other chemical process equipment deteriorates over time, equipment efficiency decreases, power consumption goes up, throughput is reduced, and operating costs rise. Performance monitoring via the Internet offers an effective way to...

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Published inChemical Engineering Vol. 109; no. 2; pp. 41 - 47
Main Authors GREENER, Darren, RAYNOR, Stuart
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY McGraw-Hill 01.02.2002
Access Intelligence LLC
Subjects
Applied sciences
Business metrics
Chemical engineering
Chemical process industries
Compressors
Costs
Decision making
Efficiency
Exact sciences and technology
Gas turbines
Heat exchangers
Maintenance
Mathematical models
Optimization techniques
Preventive maintenance
Software
Turbines
United States > US
Performance evaluation
Internet
Maintenance
Information technology
Industrial equipment
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ISSN0009-2460
1945-368X

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Summary:As the performance of gas turbines, compressors, heat exchangers and other chemical process equipment deteriorates over time, equipment efficiency decreases, power consumption goes up, throughput is reduced, and operating costs rise. Performance monitoring via the Internet offers an effective way to offset that toll. Web-based performance monitoring is designed to remove the burden of managing and supporting a complex monitoring solution at the plant level. The most common forms of chemical-process equipment degradation occur due to physical changes to machine parts. The key to preserving long-term performance in chemical-process-industries plants is a steady influx of information that lets maintenance personnel know when the performance of mission-critical equipment degrades to the point where appropriate maintenance must be scheduled. Web-based monitoring offers a means of optimizing critically important chemical process equipment subject to degradation.
ISSN:0009-2460
1945-368X