The Development of a Machinery Condition Monitoring System for Gas Transmission
Keyword(s):
On Line
◽
Over the past few years, there has been accelerated development in predictive maintenance techniques such as condition monitoring. This paper describes the development of a condition monitoring system which monitors gas compression equipment for a major gas transmission company. A stand-alone system, featuring a data collector and PC-based software, was implemented first to allow for medium to longer-term trending. Subsequently, an on-line system has been developed to facilitate automatic acquisition of data and enhanced monitoring capabilities. Various diagnostic techniques have been included in both the stand-alone and on-line systems to aid in data interpretation and analysis.