Condition Monitoring for Fluid Machinery

Name: Condition Monitoring for Fluid Machinery
Start: 2015-11-25T09:00:00
Location: Aberdeen Marriott Hotel

Aberdeen Marriott Hotel, Aberdeen

25 November 2015
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Overview

Discuss the effective application of condition monitoring technology and systems to pumps, compressors, fans and other fluid machinery in the oil, gas and utility sectors. This seminar will present an opportunity to learn about latest designs from condition monitoring equipment manufacturers and to learn from experienced engineers with advice to offer for future plant maintenance.

Division – Fluid Machinery Group

Day 1

08:30 - Full Day Programme

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015

08:30
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00
CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Ken Tacon, Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
09:10
CONDITION MONITORING: THE CORNERSTONE OF A PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY
Alistair Finch, Account Director, GE Measurement and Control

• Effective use of condition monitoring technologies and defect elimination processes to drive equipment uptime
• Deployment of condition based monitoring (CBM) technologies to identify developing abnormal conditions and drive corrective actions
• Improving equipment reliability through the effective use of condition monitoring technologies
• Managing and optimising technologies and processes to drive results from CBM programmes

09:50
MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONDITION MONITORING: AN OPERATOR’S EXPERIENCE
Alan Smith, Lead Mechanical Engineer UK Operated Assets, TOTAL E&P UK

• What is a CBM strategy?
• Is it effective from an operator’s perspective?
• What really matters to operators?

10:20
HOW TO SERVE THE BEST CBM: ALL THE SECRETS REVEALED
Geraint Jones, Technical Manager – Reliability Services, SKF

• Journey through the condition monitoring (CM) flow chart
• Cooking with appropriate ingredients and method
• Continuous improvements and audits

10:50
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:20
SHELL SMARTCONNECT: DATA TRANSFERRED INTO INFORMATION
Gert Hoefakker, Equipment Condition Monitoring Specialist, Shell Global Solutions International

• Why Shell develops its own SMART toolkit
• Need for cross-discipline monitoring and surveillance tools
• Rotating equipment module (SmartConnect) and results

11:50
GAS PATH ANALYSIS (GPA) AND ITS APPLICATION TO INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINES
Yiguang Li, Senior Lecturer and Director of Gas Turbine Performance and Diagnostics,
Cranfield University

• Introduction to GPA methodology
• Description of ‘Pythia’ software
• Case study of GPA application to a gas turbine

12:20
QUESTION AND ANSWER PANEL SESSION
An opportunity for delegates to ask questions and make comments following the presentations.

12:40
NETWORKING LUNCH

13:40
USING SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE CONDITION MONITORING PROGRAMME
Enea Ali, Rotating Equipment Engineer, BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd

• Using condition monitoring data effectively to deliver value
• Watch-keeping as an integral part of the condition monitoring process
• Case studies from the North Sea

CASE STUDY
14:10
DESCRIPTION OF A CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM SPECIFIC TO TALISMAN
Speaker to be announced, Talisman-Sinopec

• An introduction to Talisman-Sinopec’s approach to CBM
• Understanding the challenges of CBM
• The evolution of CBM for Talisman-Sinopec

14:40
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:10
A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH FOR CONDITION MONITORING OF MACHINERY
Marco Mucino, Rotating Equipment Consultant Engineer, MSE (Consultants) Ltd

• Multidisciplinary root cause analysis that yields improved results
• Machinery cannot be treated in isolation
• Minor process and system modifications that can have a large impact on machinery

15:40
VISUAL DEMONSTRATION: USE OF COMPLIMENTARY CONDITION MONITORING TECHNIQUES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS
Peter Severs, Machinery Diagnostics Engineer, IGE Energy Services (UK)

• Demonstrating the complimentary condition monitoring technologies in the identification and analysis of machine malfunctions
• Illustrating the symptoms of abnormal rotordynamic conditions and applying different condition monitoring techniques to identify potential corrective actions

16:10
QUESTION AND ANSWER PANEL SESSION
An opportunity for delegates to ask questions and make comments following the presentations.

16:20
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
Ken Tacon, Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

16:30
END OF SEMINAR

• This programme is subject to change.
• The Institution is not responsible for the views or opinions expressed by individual speakers.

Ken Tacon: Chair, Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Ken Tacon is an independent rotating equipment consultant based in Surrey. He was formerly a rotating equipment advisor for BP for whom he worked for 20 years. In a career spanning over 35 years, he has held positions with rotating machinery manufacturers and major operators in the petrochemical and oil & gas industries. Mr Tacon holds a Bachelor’s degree from Loughborough University in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree from Cranfield University in Thermal Power. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Alistair Finch: Account Director, GE Measurement and Control

Alistair Finch is an Account Director with more than 25 years’ experience working in the field of condition monitoring with GE Bently Nevada, primarily in the oil & gas and power generation industries. He has held various positions in the company, providing engineering and commercial support for the deployment of condition-based maintenance solutions for large infrastructure projects and key accounts around the globe. Alistair holds a Higher National Diploma in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the University of Kent.

Alan Smith: Lead Mechanical Engineer UK Operated Assets, Total E&P UK

Alan Smith has over 20 years of experience in the onshore and offshore oil & gas industry. Alan is a member of the work group that developed and published the Energy Institute’s ‘Life Extension of Ageing Rotating Equipment - Centrifugal Compressors’ document and was responsible for the audit of TEPUK assets. Since 2010, Alan has been responsible for all mechanical maintenance on Total UK operated assets, including North Alwyn, Dunbar, Elgin Franklin and the St. Fergus gas terminal. Alan is a Member of the IMechE and has a BSc Mechanical Engineering with Distinction from Robert Gordon University.

Geraint Jones: Technical Manager - Reliability Services, SKF

Geraint Jones has worked for SKF for eight years and is currently the Technical Manager for Reliability Services in the UK. He has overall responsibility for the reliability teams in the UK that carry out a wide range of activities spanning from routine programmes to advanced techniques, such as modal testing and rotordynamic analysis. He has been engaged in the various aspects of condition monitoring, including initiating new programmes and improving existing ones, along with implementing new technologies, predominately in the oil & gas sector. He began his career in 1984 as an RAF gas turbine fitter, gained a degree in Physical Science from the Open University in 1997 and a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2003.

Gert Hoefakker: Equipment Condition Monitoring Specialist, Shell Global Solutions International

Gert Hoefakker has worked as a Rotating Equipment Engineer in Shell Projects and Technology for the last eight years, and is responsible for the SmartConnect Condition and Performance Monitoring System developed by Shell P&T. Before joining Shell he had a 17-year career with Brüel & Kjær Vibro in various roles related to vibration diagnostics and performance assessments of various pieces of rotating equipment.

Dr Yiguang Li: Senior Lecturer and Director of Gas Turbine Performance and Diagnostics, Cranfield University

Dr Yiguang Li received his PhD from Cranfield University and used to work as a gas turbine performance engineer, before joining Cranfield University in 1999. He specialises in gas turbine performance, gas path diagnostics, condition monitoring, gas turbine lifting analysis, combined cycle gas turbines, combined heat and power, and application of CFD to gas turbines. He has published more than 80 technical papers in international journals and conferences. He is a member of ASME and a Fellow of HEA. He is the current Vice Chair of the Industrial and Cogeneration Committee of ASME Turbo Expo.

Enea Ali: Rotating Equipment Engineer, BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd.

Enea Ali has worked for BP since graduating in 2013, and has spent one year working in the central engineering team in Sunbury. He is now based in Aberdeen and works as an asset support engineer for the ETAP platform. He is responsible for the operation, maintenance and reliability of the asset’s rotating equipment. Enea holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College London.

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