Trends in Test Results Identify Pending Failure: A Case Study in Trend Analysis
The following case study illustrates how maintenance personnel at a nuclear power station identified serious bearing surface wear in a critical emergency diesel generator engine. Through oil condition monitoring (OCM) and trend analysis, they were able to pinpoint the root cause of the wear and correct the problem before the generator failed.
Every nuclear power plant has emergency power supplies, which are often diesel-driven. These generators provide power, only when needed, to special safety electrical distribution panels. These panels in turn supply power to those emergency pumps, valves, fans, etc. that may be required to operate in the event of the postulated catastrophic event - a simultaneous total loss of outside power and a major break in the reactor coolant system... [ Read more ]
LOAMS Graphing Features Raise Bar on Trend Analysis
A visual presentation of test results – and changes in those test results – is invaluable to quickly identifying critical machine conditions and enabling maintenance personnel to take the necessary maintenance actions to avoid failures in progress.
Bureau Veritas’s Lube Oil Analysis Management System leads the industry in trend, comparison and condition graphing capabilities and the data management tools necessary for effective and efficient equipment management. Manage a better OCM program with the best OCM data management platform in the industry... [ Learn more the management and diagnostic reports available in LOAMS ]
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