A conversation with a long-time colleague at an industry trade show inspired me to think about one of the most confounding problems that occur in boilers and furnaces: vibration.
Driving profitable refinery operations often requires owner-operators to balance production flexibility and product optimization with asset availability and equipment reliability.
Lubrication is imperative to the performance of rotating equipment.
When a long-time maintenance supervisor was promoted to the head of his refinery’s reliability department, he wanted to make “Precision Maintenance is Our Passion” his banner and headline.
This article explores the investigation into the chronic high vibration issues of a particular water injection pump.
At petrochemical and refining facilities, it is common for U-clamps over piping runs to become corroded, sometimes to the extent where they are completely thinned out.
Needless to say, 2020 was an unprecedented year.
When WirelessHART first hit the market in 2008, most of the native devices using it were process measurement instruments.
Hydrocarbon processing plants use reciprocating compressors for process gases in a certain flow and differential pressure range, and double-acting cylinder-piston arrangements are almost always involved.
Digital transformation is a strategy for improving performance by applying technologies for measurement, connectivity, data storage, analytics and visualization