SembCorp Utilities embraces PlantWeb® Emerson hosts user conference in Xiamen, China
As a sole provider of integrated utilities (water and steam) to chemical and petrochemical companies on Singapore ’s Jurong Island , SembCorp Utilities (SUT) recognizes that it is crucial to increase uptime. They also recognize that equipment health monitoring would enable predictive maintenance to minimize unscheduled downtime. Emerson demonstrated the power of PlantWeb® at the Dynamic Performance Loop and showed SUT how they can achieve their objectives.
The state-of-the-art PlantWeb® Dynamic Performance Loop is a working mini-plant built on the PlantWeb Digital Plant architecture. It can be remotely accessed via Internet from anywhere in the world 24 hours a day. The Loop consists of all the Emerson intelligent HART and fieldbus devices including the FIELDVUE® DVC6000PD and DVC6000SIS. From the live demo, SUT witnessed the FIELDVUE® promise of tight process control, off-line and on-line valve diagnostics and how predictive maintenance can be realized.
The off-line diagnostics captures information on valve friction, dead-band, linearity, supply air pressures, seat load and actuator bench set to evaluate the health of the valves. The on-line diagnostics provide the ability to monitor valve friction, dead-band and travel deviation while the valve is in service, to examine whether the data has deviated from the off-line information. This health monitoring information allows SUT to plan the maintenance needs of the valves.
Convinced with the benefits of PlantWeb®, SUT invested US$100,000 to upgrade the valve positioners to FIELDVUE® DVC6000PD and AMS ValveLink diagnostics solutions. Emerson is currently working closely with SUT to help them achieve their predictive maintenance goal.
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