Performance Monitoring

Monitoring your facility's performance is important, not just to help maintain the equipment at peak operating conditoins, but also to provide the right knowledge in the right form to improve your facility's bottom line.

Your plant is operating well. Availability is good. Yet utlization is down, and you're concerned that the plant performance may not be what it should be.  You wonder why your plant is not being dispatched when you think it can run at a profit. How much are performance issues costing you? How can you be sure?

Sooner or later you know that you have to get a handle on performance. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time. You keep some records and you have regular logs. The pressure is on availability and maintenance budgets. There has to be a simple way to look at performance and know that the plant and equipment are running well.  There also has to be a way to communicate that performance to the people who make the decision to run the plant in your market.

You’re not alone. Many plants don’t routinely monitor equipment performance. Degradation may occur slowly over time and isn’t noticed. Traders may not understand the benefits of running your particular plant.  Hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses may occur every year due to missed performance or sitting idle in a profitable market. And no one is watching. Even plants that have systems in place don’t use them. Why?

We understand that performance monitoring is more than just numbers. It has to link multiple plant systems together to convert data into useable information. The presentation must be easy to understand and useful to the operations staff. Often, a performance-monitoring system will have multiple users with different needs. The system must be flexible enough to provide the appropriate information to each user. If it’s not simple to understand and work with, it’s just not worth the trouble.

A well-designed performance monitoring system will allow you to:

• See changes in plant and equipment performance using straightforward and effective graphics
• Identify action levels so you can plan maintenance
• Save money by identifying optimal equipment lineup and operation
• Increase reliability by identifying instrument issues before they affect plant operation
• Help staff understand how to optimize the plant
• Provide knowledge to asset managers and market traders for use in increasing the profitability of your plant

Why should you look at our performance monitoring package? There are other systems available and many have great features. Some things to be aware of when comparing systems:

• Our system is developed by performance engineers with on site testing and operational experience
• Results can be integrated with trading floor operations to provide real-time information for power traders
• Support is from the people who do plant testing and performance evaluation
• The system can be customized for your plant
• You have the option of allowing McHale remote access to plant information to help you with analysis
• The McHale team is avaible to support all aspects of plant performance, including baseline testing and thermal consulting services
• Support is available by phone, fax, email, and internet
• Visibility into all aspects of plant performance is increased

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