Users of industrial rotating equipment frequently face challenges in running centrifugal and axial compressors safety and efficiently, such as:
- Unplanned and unexplained compressor shutdowns
- Suboptimally tuned surge prevention and surge protection leading to process instability or partial loss of production
- Excessive energy consumption of a single compressor or a group of compressors tied in a parralel or series network
These and other unwanted events frequetnly have a substantial negative impact on the machinery integrity, production capacity, product yield and human safety. Inadequately designed or functioning control system can lead to these and other problems costing the plant operator from tens of thousands to millions of dollars in equipment repair/replacement and operational losses.
Whether it is a new installation or a retrofit project, to minimize risks the plant owners need an expert advice in all aspects of machine control and safety design and commissioning.
Troubleshooting a control problem requires analysis of multi-dimentional data and futher integration of the results of such analysis into meaningful information that the users are looking for.