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Pipeline and Gas Reliability

2019-11-122020-04-07

These articles are written by Fred K Geitner, a highly experienced and well-regarded machinery engineer and author. His career in the Oil and Gas Industry in refining, petrochemicals and transmission pipelines. He has some 8 books that he has co-authored with Heinz P Bloch and numerous columns published in “Pipeline and Gas Technology”. Many of those articles are as relevant today as when first published. With Fred’s permission, we are including them here for the use of our readers.

If you are interested in his books on Equipment Reliability, Process Plant Equipment Maintenance, Compressors and Failure Analysis, then you can find them on Amazon: Fred Geitner’s Books

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Turnaround (shutdown) Quality Assessment: PL&G0009

How should you treat your spare machinery? PL&G0012

Turbo-compressor Gas Seals: PL&G0103. Experience with dry running gas seals in high-speed critical turbo-machinery.

We want it right away: PL&G0109R This article is about the risks of waiting to do a repair on redundant systems.

A Machinery Maintenance Strategy: PL&G0203

No news is good news: PL&G0206R Do you always need the OEM representative on-site?

Machinery Operators: PL&G0209 About not overlooking operator training to ensure reliable operations.

How to track machinery availability: PL&G0303

Rod load monitoring for reciprocating compressors: PL&G0306

Try statistical failure analysis: PL&G0309

Inspection Frequencies: PL&G0412 Determining inspection frequencies for age-related and random failures.

ODR and PdM: PL&G0512 Operator driven reliability and its relationship with Predictive Maintenance.

Not so “auxiliary” systems: PL&G0603 Buffer gas systems are critical to success with gas seals – some lessons.

Evaluation of machinery alternatives using Life Cycle Costing – part 1: PL&G0605

Gas Engines: PL&G0612. A bit of interesting history of these major industrial contributors.

Compressors and process equipment: PL&G0706. Storage and preservation – some handy tips.

Maximizing uptime: PL&G0712. Compressor train reliability audits.

Evaluation of machinery alternatives using Life Cycle Costing – part 2: PL&G0709

Operation and maintenance of turbocompressors: PL&G0803

Reciprocating compressor condition monitoring: PL&G0806

How to achieve quality compressor Maintenance – a synopsis: PL&G0809

Lubrication and reliability: PL&G0902

Understanding drive couplings: PL&G0905

Compressor drivers and cost of ownership: PL&G0909

Improving reciprocating compressor reliability: PL&G1003

Compression for the mid-stream petrochemicals market: PL&G1005

Root cause failure analysis for machinery: PL&G1010

Why permanently installed torque meters make economic sense: PL&G1011

Asset Management

Myth busting 28: RCM is expensive

2019-05-312020-06-20

Many of you may be surprised to learn that Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) was actually developed with cost cutting in mind! Aircraft maintenance costs were huge. For example the Douglas DC-8-32 aircraft (a four engine narrow body jet liner built from 1958 to 1967 that carried 150 passengers) required upwards of 4,000,000 man hours of maintenance work for only 20,000 hours of flying time! Read more “Myth busting 28: RCM is expensive” →

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Myth busting 27: RCM is only for new assets

2019-05-272020-06-20

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) was developed in the airline industry to be used for developing maintenance programs for new aircraft. There’s no doubting it – originally RCM was intended for new designs and arguably where the results of failure could be catastrophic, specifically the loss of life and where costs of maintaining had grown ridiculously high. Read more “Myth busting 27: RCM is only for new assets” →

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Myth Busting 25: We need engineers to do RCM

2019-05-032020-06-20

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is method for determining the most appropriate failure and consequence management strategies. It deals with your physical assets in your current operating context. The first four questions in the RCM method, are defined in standard, SAE JA-1011, “Evaluation Criteria for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Processes.” They utilize the time proven engineering method, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Read more “Myth Busting 25: We need engineers to do RCM” →

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Myth busting 23: We need lots of failure data…

2019-03-042020-06-20

Reliability Centered Maintenance has been around since the 1970’s and it has proven to achieve amazing results wherever it has been used properly. As a reliability method, it guides decision making based on available evidence about past, and expected future, failures. It makes sense that failure data be part of that evidence. But do you need a lot of data?

A common mis-perception about RCM is that it requires a lot of data. Read more “Myth busting 23: We need lots of failure data to do RCM” →

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Utility Asset Risk Management with RCM

2019-02-212020-06-20

Reliability is a key to successful risk management in any industry. It is particularly important in electrical utilities where the service must be “always on”. Failures can result in power outages and major disruptions to many customers, some of whom are providing critical services like hospitals, banks, stock exchange computers, traffic signals, mass public transit, and so on. Read more “Utility Asset Risk Management with RCM” →

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Myth busting 21: Are manufacturer’s warranties worth it?

2019-02-142020-06-20

Many believe strongly in the value of warranties on new / refurbished equipment. They go to great lengths talking about how important it is to do the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance to maintain validity of the warranty. This is a continuation of the last blog article on having too many failures despite following manufacturer’s recommendations. Manufacturer’s usually recommend maintenance and spare parts for their products. In our last blog we can see that those recommendations are often flawed. So what about their warranty? Read more “Myth busting 21: Are manufacturer’s warranties worth it?” →

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Myth Busting 20: We must follow manufacturer’s recommended maintenance

2019-02-042020-06-20

Manufacturers always publish recommended maintenance for users of their products. There are a few myths about this maintenance – one is that it will result in reliable operation of the equipment. In some cases it does, but in most, it does not. Why?

The myth is that the manufacturers always know best how to maintain their designs. Think about that for a minute. How many manufacturers actually use and maintain what they sell? Read more “Myth Busting 20: We must follow manufacturer’s recommended maintenance” →

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Authors’ Note – RCM Re-engineered

2017-03-312020-06-20

RCM-R® goes beyond what RCM alone can do. The basic successful method as defined in SAE JA-1011 remains intact. RCM-R® enhances that method, linking it to international standards for risk management and adding a degree of technical rigor rarely seen outside of the military, nuclear and aircraft industries. It adds a great deal of emphasis on what it takes to implement the method successfully – not only as a project (as has so often been done with other RCM methods), but as a sustainable program, and on leveraging the analysis results to maximize value generation and align closely with the intentions and precepts of the new international standard for Asset Management, ISO 55001. Read more “Authors’ Note – RCM Re-engineered” →

Asset Management

Asset Management Podcast 1

2016-11-172020-06-20

We recently had a podcast discussion with James Kovacevic (formerly of Accendo Reliability) covering Asset Management and the role of ISO 55000 in it. Here is part 1 of the podcast; part 2 will be available on this blog next week. Read more “Asset Management Podcast 1” →

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