Machinery Health feedback integrates to process automation systems, such as Emerson’s Ovation® and DeltaV digital automation systems.

Machinery Health feedback integrates to process automation systems, such as Emerson’s Ovation® and DeltaV digital automation systems.

You are comfortably home for the evening when the phone rings and you learn the turbine just tripped. The decision to restart the equipment is yours. Although you feel the pressure, you are confident because you have two powerful tools to rely on–all the necessary data was captured to assess the event and a live user interface will provide assurance during start-up. Information before, during and after the turbine trip is waiting for you. As you drive to the site, you review the facts:

1. You have the proper setup to capture the right data surrounding the event. With virtually no setup, you can be assured the right data and the anomalous event will be captured.
2. Real-time continuous data recording ensures events will not be missed. With the CSI 4500, a 60 hour running history is recorded all of the time. The CSI 4500’s continuous data recorder will record and buffer from 60 hours to over one week, depending on the number of sensor inputs. Auto archiving of data is also included so that small, one hour, snapshots can be permanently and automatically saved to a network server.
3. The live turbine dashboard will enable real-time decisions during start up.

When you arrive on site, they have already found a plugged oil line to the bearing. Now the question is “how much damage was done, and can we restart?”

Multi-channel, continuous data recording saves you from ever missing an event and ensures the right information is available to dig deeper into the problem. You look at the quick views and then extract the region of interest for more details, which quickly drives you to the source of the problem.

You can review the data, compare with the baseline, and confirm the vibration is isolated to one bearing. The shaft centerline plots tell you the bearing clearance was not exceeded. After fixing the oil flow issue, you advise restarting the turbine as you watch the live turbine dashboard.

The live turbine dashboard provides real-time decision-making during start-up.

The live user interface, available with the CSI 4500 transient system, provides live plots that were not possible before the GT2 processor. Live real-time plots such as overall levels, orbits, shaft centerline, Bode/ Nyquist, cascade, waveform and spectrum, on all bearings, allow a turbine specialist to make real-time decisions. Simple Windows displays make manipulating screens and plots easy. Dual monitor mode helps you organize your views so you are staged for the startup. You can overlay baseline plots (from portable or online systems) on known good start-up plots to view the differences.

With the transient live turbine dashboard, you can make real-time decisions with operators and production staff to bring the turbine up for critical production needs or to shut down again to save the asset.

In this scenario, the CSI 4500 along with the AMS Machinery Manager allowed the user to easily see the information to make a confident decision. Emerson’s predictive technologies, such as the AMS Suite of applications and the CSI 4500 along with complementary PlantWeb Services, allow you to maximize availability and performance of key production assets to ensure operational excellence.