Dresser-Rand adds new programs to condition monitoring software
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. recently announced two diagnostic modules for its Envision suite of condition monitoring software. The modules work individually or in tandem to provide information that helps increase machinery availability, improve productivity and reduce operating costs.
The Envision compressor performance module (CPM) provides operators with real-time and historical centrifugal compressor performance calculations. Data are primarily gathered from the plant’s existing control interface to minimize installation time and cost. With Envision CPM, users assess the compressor train’s performance relative to factory determined performance maps. This information allows operational and maintenance activities to be planned ahead of a required shut down, reducing the impact on production and enabling corrective action to be determined before servicing the compressor.
The second module, D-R’s Envision health for journal bearings vibration analysis, aids in the early detection of incipient problems in rotating equipment –as much as one to nine months before a problem deteriorates to unit failure or lost production. By having advanced warning and problem diagnosis, equipment operators can once again plan ahead for operation and maintenance activities.
“Traditional rotating equipment control systems provide only average overall vibration level indications and simple machine protection functions. When comprehensive vibration diagnostics are required, often two or more separate systems must be added,” said Dan Levin, general manager, Dresser-Rand Control Systems. “Dresser-Rand’s Envision software eliminates the need for separate systems by combining machinery control and operations with performance and diagnostics.”
By adding Envision CPM and Envision Health to a standard D-R control system, the modules provide a single interoperable platform that combines all machine monitoring needs into one program. With a simple point and click of the mouse, the user can easily move from operations to diagnostic screens.
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