Fisher Valve Diagnostics Saves a Refinery $837,000 USD Over Eight Years and Three Major Outages.
Fisher Valve Diagnostics Saves a Refinery $837,000 USD Over Eight Years and Three Major Outages.
2 PagesREFINING Fisher ® Valve Diagnostics Saves a Refinery $837,000 USD Over Eight Years and Three Major Outages. RESULTS • Ide n tified v al v e c on tr ol p r o b le ms u sin g P e r f or m anc e Di a gno s ti c s t ec hnology • A v o i ded p ullin g 225 t o t al v al v e s o v e r thr ee s e p ar a t e m ain t e n anc e o u t a ge s in 2004, 2009, and 2012 • S a v ed m or e th an 900 ho ur s o f l a bor APPLICATION Flui d i z ed ca t cr a ck e r unit (FCCU) CUSTOMER A r efine r y in C ali f or ni a , U S A CHALLENGE B e t w ee n s c heduled o u t a ge s , m ain t e n anc e pe r s onne l a t this r efine r y i de n ti f y “ poor l y pe r f or min g ” c on tr ol v al v e s an d c om p i le a “ p r i or it y fix ” lis t o f th o s e th a t m a y need t o be p ulled f or r e p air s
