Method maintenance

Step 9 Method maintenance Incorporate the new method or analyzer into the existing method maintenance systems for the site. This ensures that the method as practiced continues to meet the technical requirements... 

Step 9 Method maintenance Incorporate the new method or analyzer into the existing method maintenance systems for the site, to ensure that the method as practiced continues to meet the technical requirements for as long as it is in use. This is done by the receiver. Method maintenance systems may include check sample control-charting, intra-and/or inter-lab uniformity testing, on-site auditing, instrument preventive maintenance (PM) scheduling, control-charting the method precision and/or accuracy, etc. 

In all three methods, maintenance work is possible with a protected boiler on the line. 

Year Method Maintenance Cycle (days) Manpower (manpower/ batch) Maintenance Days (days/batch) Maintenance Cells (cells/batch) Efficiency of Maintenance (cell /manpower)... 

Specialists should be relied on for development of NIR process analysis applications. Routine analyzer and NIR method maintenance are also critical components in the success of the implementation of process NIR methods. Either the instrument can drift or the samples can vary. It is preferable to perform analyzer and method maintenance procedures automatically, for example, through control charting, rather than requiring a specialist (1). 

Minimal training cq. method maintenance Spectral libraries... 

Mitigation Method Maintenance and operations briefing to reinforce existing rales on the application of TSRs to be published. ... 

A more sophisticated and increasingly popular method of on-condItion maintenance is to monitor the performance of equipment on-line. For example, a piece of rotating equipment such as a turbine may be monitored for vibration and mechanical performance (speed, inlet and outlet pressure, throughput). If a base-line performance is established, then deviations from this may indicate that the turbine has a mechanical problem which will reduce its performance or lead to failure. This would be used to alert the operators that some form of repair is required. 

When estimating the operating and maintenance costs for various options, it is recommended that the actual activities which are anticipated are specified and costed. This will run into the detail of frequency and duration of maintenance activities such as inspection, overhaul, painting. This technique allows a much more realistic estimate of opex to be made, rather than relying on the traditional method of estimating opex based on a percentage of capex. The benefits of this activity based costing are further discussed in Section 13.0 and 14.0. 

In Section 13.2, it was suggested that opex is estimated at the development planning stage based upon a percentage of cumulafive capex (fixed opex) plus a cosf per barrel of hydrocarbon production (variable opex). This method has been widely applied, with the percentages and cost per barrel values based on previous experience in the area. One obvious flaw in this method is that as oil production declines, so does the estimate of opex, which is nof the common experience as equipment ages it requires more maintenance and breaks down more frequently. 

In maintenance practice, we base our decisions on NDT that is performed during shutdowns. A significant amount of money could be saved if we would have NDT methods that minimise the time required for that shutdown, or, a step further, avoid it by performing inspections onstream. 

Modern NDT methods are becoming ever more quantitative and non-intrusive. This is valid for NDT of new construction and for maintenance inspections. 

In plant maintenance, the availability of quantitative and non-invasive screening NDT methods will reduce the time needed for shutdowns and increase the intervals between them. Modem NDT methods will become just as important a tool for Risk Based Inspection approaches and maintenance planning as operational parameters and degradation mechanisms already are. 

Finally, the textbook concludes with two chapters discussing the design and maintenance of analytical methods, two topics of importance to analytical chemists. Chapter 14 considers the development of an analytical method, including its optimization, verification, and validation. Quality control and quality assessment are discussed in Chapter 15. 

Maintenance of conditions ia the culture environment that keep stress to a minimum is one of the best methods of a voiding diseases. Vacciaes have beea developed agaiast several diseases and more are under development. Selective breeding of animals with disease resistance has met with only limited success. Good sanitation and disiafection of contaminated faciUties are important avoidance and control measure. Some disiafectants are Hsted ia Table 6. Poad soils can be sterilized with burnt lime (CaO), hydrated lime [Ca(OH)2], or chlorine compounds (12). 

Table 1 is condensed from Handbook 44. It Hsts the number of divisions allowed for each class, eg, a Class III scale must have between 100 and 1,200 divisions. Also, for each class it Hsts the acceptance tolerances appHcable to test load ranges expressed in divisions (d) for example, for test loads from 0 to 5,000 d, a Class II scale has an acceptance tolerance of 0.5 d. The least ambiguous way to specify the accuracy for an industrial or retail scale is to specify an accuracy class and the number of divisions, eg. Class III, 5,000 divisions. It must be noted that this is not the same as 1 part in 5,000, which is another method commonly used to specify accuracy eg, a Class III 5,000 d scale is allowed a tolerance which varies from 0.5 d at zero to 2.5 d at 5,000 divisions. CaHbration curves are typically plotted as in Figure 12, which shows a typical 5,000-division Class III scale. The error tunnel (stepped lines, top and bottom) is defined by the acceptance tolerances Hsted in Table 1. The three caHbration curves belong to the same scale tested at three different temperatures. Performance must remain within the error tunnel under the combined effect of nonlinearity, hysteresis, and temperature effect on span. Other specifications, including those for temperature effect on zero, nonrepeatabiHty, shift error, and creep may be found in Handbook 44 (5). The acceptance tolerances in Table 1 apply to new or reconditioned equipment tested within 30 days of being put into service. After that, maintenance tolerances apply they ate twice the values Hsted in Table 1.

Chemical Neutralization. Spray-type air washers are used extensively for removal or neutrali2ation of noxious components from large volumes of air, particularly exhaust air streams. Appropriate reagents are sprayed into the washer to purify the air by neutrali2ation, eg, sodium hydroxide solution is used if the air contains acidic gases. The solution must be continuously reconcentrated and any precipitated salts removed. The contact efficiency of such washers is high, and the simple constmction provides easy maintenance and constant efficiency (see AiRPOLLUTlON CONTROL METHODS). 

Dust Filter. The cloth or bag dust filter is the oldest and often the most reHable of the many methods for removing dusts from an air stream. Among their advantages are high (often 99+%) collection efficiency, moderate pressure drop and power consumption, recovery of the dust in a dry and often reusable form, and no water to saturate the exhaust gases as when a wet scmbber is used. There are also numerous disadvantages maintenance for bag replacement can be expensive as well as a sometimes unpleasant task these filters are suitable only for low to moderate temperature use they cannot be used where Hquid condensation may occur they may be hazardous with combustible and explosive dusts and they are bulky, requiring considerable installation space. 

Structure. The stmctures of hides and skins are dependent on the needs of the animal and its environment. The functions of an animal s skin include protection from predators and infection, and maintenance of body temperature. The relative importance of these functions depends on the animal. Methods by which the skin accomplishes these functions is the same for most mammals. 

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) United Engineering Center 345 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017 The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, under the cognisance of the ASME PoHcy Board, Codes, and Standards, considers the interdependence of design procedures, material selection, fabrication procedures, inspection, and test methods that affect the safety of boilers, pressure vessels, and nuclear-plant components, whose failures could endanger the operators or the pubHc (see Nuclearreactors). It does not cover other aspects of these topics that affect operation, maintenance, or nonha2ardous deterioration. 

Size reduction (qv) or comminution is the first and very important step in the processing of most minerals (2,6,10,20—24). It also involves large expenditures for heavy equipment, energy, operation, and maintenance. Size reduction is necessary because the value minerals are intimately associated with gangue and need to be Hberated, and/or because most minerals processing/separation methods require the ore mass to be of certain size and/or shape. Size reduction is also required in the case of quarry products to produce material of controlled particle size (see Size measurement of particles). In some instances, hberation of valuables or impurities from the ore matrix is achieved without any apparent size reduction. Scmbbers and attritors used in the industrial minerals plants, eg, phosphate, mtile, glass sands, or clay, ate examples. 

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