UK Barking Power Plant Uses Emerson Wireless Vibration Transmitter to Reduce Plant Shutdown and Improve Operator Safety

application

Temporary vibration monitoring of the starter motor in the auxiliary compartment of the gas turbine.

user

Barking, on the outskirts of London, is a power plant with a capacity of 1,000 MW and is one of the largest wholly-owned power plants in the UK.

challenge

Use a handheld collector to monitor the gas turbine starter motor and download device data for analysis. If there is a potential problem with excessive vibration and noise, it is necessary to continuously monitor the motor while waiting for replacement parts.

The staff at the Barking Power Plant need to know ahead of time that the motor is about to fail so that it can be deactivated before the motor can cause serious damage. Vibration noise indicates that a malfunction may have occurred and data cannot be read manually during operation. Since there is no ready-made cable infrastructure available, it is very difficult to install continuous vibration monitoring equipment. The company needs to quickly install temporary vibration monitoring devices and control costs.

Effectiveness

Successfully avoided £200,000 in re-repair costs by preventing failures

Avoid potential losses of up to 50,000 pounds per day

Early detection of equipment problems prevents catastrophic failure

? Improve operator safety

? Improve the efficiency of maintenance resources

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