Compressor Failure Detection with AVEVA PI System
How midstream operators can use existing AVEVA PI historian data to detect compressor failure signatures 10 to 14 days before a trip, without deploying new instrumentation.
Read the full article →
In-depth articles on predictive maintenance, historian data analysis, and rotating equipment reliability for midstream operators.
How midstream operators can use existing AVEVA PI historian data to detect compressor failure signatures 10 to 14 days before a trip, without deploying new instrumentation.
Read the full article →
The Bently Nevada 3500 rack is already installed at most major compressor stations. Here is what it takes to move from protection monitoring to predictive analytics without touching the certified protection layer.
Read the full article →
Vibration monitoring for centrifugal and reciprocating compressors in gas gathering and transmission requires different measurement strategies. This guide covers both.
Read the full article →
Breaking down the true cost of an emergency compressor shutdown: throughput penalties, expedited parts, overtime labor, and the often-overlooked secondary effects on connected pipeline segments.
Read the full article →
PI Asset Framework stores rich operational history that most reliability engineers only review after a failure. Here is how multivariate anomaly detection changes that equation.
Read the full article →
Emerson Ovation is the control system of record at many gas processing and compression facilities. Getting predictive maintenance data back into the Ovation historian closes the loop without adding a parallel portal.
Read the full article →
Comparing rule-based threshold monitoring, statistical process control, and machine learning degradation scoring for pump and compressor health tracking in midstream operations.
Read the full article →
A framework for calculating the return on a predictive maintenance investment for midstream operators running $30M to $300M in annual compression contract revenue.
Read the full article →
Pipeline pump failures share many failure mode patterns with compressors but have their own characteristic signatures. Here is what early detection looks like for booster pump fleets.
Read the full article →
The mechanics of vibration-based fault detection for reciprocating and centrifugal compressors in oil and gas service, from frequency spectrum interpretation to shaft orbit analysis.
Read the full article →