Monitoring operating conditions

The real power of thermography is that it allows us to quickly locate and monitor problems, and present critical decision-making information in visual form making it easy for management to understand. Infrared imaging systems, as they are generally called, produce a picture. . . of the invisible thermal pattern of a component or process. These thermal patterns, when understood, can be used to monitor operating conditions of equipment or processes. [14]... 

Stable thickener performance can be maintained by carefully monitoring operating conditions, particularly the pulp interface level and the underflow rate and concentration. As process changes occur, the pulp level can vary regulation of the underflow pumping rate will... 

V ehicular—Monitoring operating conditions D ( 107 units per year) 100 Need low-cost sensors ( 1- 10)... 

Raw material feed is controlled and consumption can be well monitored Operating conditions are maintained for safe and eflftcient operations Preventive maintenance activities can be planned and executed when plant operators take suitable steps to empty out process reactors and clean them prior to maintenance work (especially from inside). 

The last components of a system are those required to monitor operating conditions and record test data. In the Bell circuit, a sharp-edged orifice is used as the principal flow-measuring device. One unitwas in service for over a year, and at the end of that time the calibration was reproduced within Vjo, The orifice plate was made of monel and showed no evidence of attack or of rounding of the sharp edges. Several other agencies have recently reported success with turbine-type flow meters constructed specifically for liquid-fluorine service. 

Operating conditions all gas lift valves apart from the bottom orifice valve are closed. The energy to the system is delivered by a compressor. The performance of the system is monitored by observing flowrates and the casing and tubing pressures. 

A study is at present being carried out to check and validate the feasability of acoustic emission monitoring of the pneumatic testing of tanks. This study is being carried out in the context of the CIAPES program. This article gives only a brief summary of the results obtained on various materials, and different types of vessels, under different operating conditions. 

Finally, preliminary diagnostic evaluation criteria, based on preventive identification of critical areas of interest on the monitored item, spatial concentration of localized AE events as compared with average AE event density and evolution of local event concentration vs time and/or plant parameters, have been worked out and submitted to extensive testing under real operation conditions. Work on this very critical issue is still to be consohdated. 

Different plant operating conditions (steady load, load variations, startups / shutdowns) have been encountered during the monitoring period. Electrical load, steam pressure and steam temperature values vs time have been acquired and stored during the entire period. At the same time, the RMS values of the acoustical background noise were have been continuously checked and stored, thus providing a quick check of proper instrumentation condition and a correlation between variations of plant parameters and the acoustical behaviour of the components. 

Examination of the cumulated histogram of localized AE sources for all monitoring intervals, in different operating conditions, suggests the conclusion that no structurally significant sources have been active in the monitored area of the SH header. 

RCRA incinerator regulations include adrninistrative as weU as performance standards. Administrative standards include procedures for waste analysis, inspection of equipment, monitoring, and facihty security. Steps needed to meet adrninistrative standards are outlined ia the permit apphcation performance standards are demonstrated during a trial bum. Trial bum operating conditions are included in the permit to assure ongoing compliance with the performance standards. Performance standards include destmction and removal efficiency (DRE), particulate emissions limits, products of incomplete combustion emission limits, metal emission limits, and HCl and Cl emission limits (see Exhaust CONTROL, INDUSTRIAL). 

The second area, the implementation of a modem process monitoring and control system, is the most dramatic current appHcation of CAD/CAM technology to the chemical process industry. The state of the art is the use of computer graphics to display the process flow diagram for sections of the process, current operating conditions, and controUer-set points. The process operator can interact directly with the control algorithms through the... 

To warn of an unfavourable operating condition by the use of an audio-visual alarm or trip or both, schemes can be introduced in the control circuit by means of a temperature detector or other devices to monitor any or all of the following internal conditions of a motor ... 

Figure 18.24(b) illustrates the use of a leakage current monitor. The instrument can be used to display or monitor on a computer remotely and store data at intervals as required to provide diagnostic information. Now it is easier to take corrective measures in time. The instrument can also be programmed to give an alarm at a preset value of I, when the actual operating conditions exceed this. 

Purpose Unfavourable operating conditions Fault conditions Protection Single-device motor protection relays Summary of total motor protection Motor protection by thermistors Monitoring of a motor s actual operating conditions Switchgears for motor protection Selection of main components Fuse-free system... 

It would appear obvious for startup, and in some cases full-time operation. that a suction strainer or filter is mandatory. The reason for ilic strainer is to keep Junk and pipe scale out of the compressor. Fines from pipe scale and rust will make short work of the internal bore of a cylinder and are not all that good for the balance of the components. In some severe ca.ses, cylinders have been badly damaged in a matter of a few weeks. The strainer should be removable in service for cleaning, particularly when it is intended for permanent installation. Under all circumstances, provision must be made to monitor the condition of the strainer. Much frustration has been expended because a compressor overheated or lost capacity and no one knew if the strainer had fouled or blinded. 

This column requires you to indicate "Yes or "No" to whether the treatment efficiency estimate is based on actual operating data. For example, you would check Yes if the estimate is based on monitoring of influent and effluent wastes under typical operating conditions. For sequential treatment, do not indicate "Yes" or "No" in column F for a treatment step unless you have provided a treatment estimate in column E. 

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