Emerson’s Condition Monitoring solutions help the world’s leading power generation companies improve reliability of their most critical assets.
Power generation is not what it used to be. Aging infrastructure and growing market demands due to population shifts, data centers, and electric vehicles are making the grid even more vital than ever.
Global pressures to deliver an increasing percentage of power from renewable sources has ironically placed even greater pressure on conventional fossil-fueled sources. Suddenly, assets that were designed and used for base load are being used for peaking and intermittent duties instead, coming up and down several times a day or week rather than in intervals measured in months or years. As a result, assets that were never originally intended to endure the cyclic stresses of multiple starts and stops suddenly find themselves having to cope.
Turbines are core components in power plants, converting fuel energy into mechanical energy for generators. Failure can lead to significant production halts, with daily costs ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. Major repairs can exceed $10 million, and lost production during peak demand can damage utility providers and consumers.
Common Issues: Sleeve bearing failures (high loads and speeds), gearbox failure (resulting from improper meshing or contamination), rotor Imbalance (uneven weight distribution in the rotor due to blade erosion, deposits, or improper installation, excessive vibrations can lead to premature bearing and blade damage).
AMS 6500 ATG
The AMS 6500 ATG protection system is a modern protection-plus-prediction system designed to easily replace obsolete protection systems, allowing users to cost-effectively initiate online prediction monitoring of critical rotating machinery assets like steam turbine generators, gas turbines, boiler feed pumps, offshore compressors, pipeline turbo compressors, chemical industry compressors, turbo exhausters, blowers, boosters and more.
Ovation™ Machinery Health™ Monitor
Integrated solution for simplifying and improving prediction and protection of critical rotating assets.
AMS Machine Works
You collect data from many rotating machines—from balance-of-plant assets like pumps, motors, gear boxes,and fans,to higher consequence assets like turbines, generatorsand compressors—but having a single location where the data comes together to identify bad actors quickly would be more efficient.
A feedwater pump in a power plant circulates cooling water, feeds boilers and handles condensate, and supports core plant operations with failures affecting cooling and steam cycles.
Common Issues: Bearing Failures (caused by inadequate lubrication, contamination, or excessive loads), Cavitation, seal failures, impeller wear, motor misalignment, gearbox failure (resulting from improper meshing or contamination), overload (due to water intake failure)
AMS 6500 ATG
The AMS 6500 ATG protection system is a modern protection-plus-prediction system designed to easily replace obsolete protection systems, allowing users to cost-effectively initiate online prediction monitoring of critical rotating machinery assets like steam turbine generators, gas turbines, boiler feed pumps, offshore compressors, pipeline turbo compressors, chemical industry compressors, turbo exhausters, blowers, boosters and more.
Ovation™ Machinery Health™ Monitor
Integrated solution for simplifying and improving prediction and protection of critical rotating assets.
AMS Device Manager
Predictive maintenance helps plants avoid unplanned shutdowns and inefficient practices that eat away at profits. AMS Device Manager helps avoid these unnecessary costs with a window into the health of intelligent field devices. It gives your maintenance and operations personnel the ability to work smarter. Based on real-time condition data from your intelligent field devices, plant staff can respond fast and make informed decisions on whether to maintain or replace field devices.
AMS Trex Device Communicator
Improve reliability with the AMS Trex Device Communicator. Increase productivity in the field with your Trex unit by doing more types of tasks. Easily solve complex device issues without the need for other specialized tools. The Trex communicator is designed to withstand the harsh conditions in and around manufacturing facilities and is safety-rated, so it can go anywhere you can go. Rely on Trex to deliver results and keep your field assets reliable.
AMS Machine Works
You collect data from many rotating machines—from balance-of-plant assets like pumps, motors, gear boxes,and fans,to higher consequence assets like turbines, generatorsand compressors—but having a single location where the data comes together to identify bad actors quickly would be more efficient.
Circulating Water System, including: cooling tower fans, cooling tower water pumps, traveling screens, water circulating pumps and the associated instrumentation.
Common Issues: Bearing loads, abrasive conditions, lubrication contamination, misalignment, imbalance, cavitation, broken gear teeth overflow/undersupply conditions, seal and pressure issues, premature wear, and leaks.
AMS Asset Monitor
Manages pervasive sensing while providing prediction, protection and process monitoring capabilities. It is designed to mount at the asset, reducing cabling requirements and other installation costs. It accommodates up to 12 CHARMs including Vibration CHARMs as well as DeltaV CHARMs for process inputs.
AMS Wireless Vibration Monitor
Delivers full vibration data over a self-organizing wireless mesh network. It provides rich information about machinery health for both operations and maintenance personnel. Overall vibration, PeakVue measurements and temperature readings can be easily integrated into any control system or plant historian.
AMS Device Manager
Predictive maintenance helps plants avoid unplanned shutdowns and inefficient practices that eat away at profits. AMS Device Manager helps avoid these unnecessary costs with a window into the health of intelligent field devices. It gives your maintenance and operations personnel the ability to work smarter. Based on real-time condition data from your intelligent field devices, plant staff can respond fast and make informed decisions on whether to maintain or replace field devices.
AMS Trex Device Communicator
Improve reliability with the AMS Trex Device Communicator. Increase productivity in the field with your Trex unit by doing more types of tasks. Easily solve complex device issues without the need for other specialized tools. The Trex communicator is designed to withstand the harsh conditions in and around manufacturing facilities and is safety-rated, so it can go anywhere you can go. Rely on Trex to deliver results and keep your field assets reliable.
AMS Machine Works
You collect data from many rotating machines—from balance-of-plant assets like pumps, motors, gear boxes,and fans,to higher consequence assets like turbines, generatorsand compressors—but having a single location where the data comes together to identify bad actors quickly would be more efficient.
Compressed Air Systems, including: compressors and drive motors.
Common Issues: Bearing loads, corrosive conditions, lubrication contamination, misalignment, imbalance, broken gear.
AMS Asset Monitor
Manages pervasive sensing while providing prediction, protection and process monitoring capabilities. It is designed to mount at the asset, reducing cabling requirements and other installation costs. It accommodates up to 12 CHARMs including Vibration CHARMs as well as DeltaV CHARMs for process inputs.
AMS Wireless Vibration Monitor
Delivers full vibration data over a self-organizing wireless mesh network. It provides rich information about machinery health for both operations and maintenance personnel. Overall vibration, PeakVue measurements and temperature readings can be easily integrated into any control system or plant historian.
AMS Device Manager
Predictive maintenance helps plants avoid unplanned shutdowns and inefficient practices that eat away at profits. AMS Device Manager helps avoid these unnecessary costs with a window into the health of intelligent field devices. It gives your maintenance and operations personnel the ability to work smarter. Based on real-time condition data from your intelligent field devices, plant staff can respond fast and make informed decisions on whether to maintain or replace field devices.
AMS Trex Device Communicator
Improve reliability with the AMS Trex Device Communicator. Increase productivity in the field with your Trex unit by doing more types of tasks. Easily solve complex device issues without the need for other specialized tools. The Trex communicator is designed to withstand the harsh conditions in and around manufacturing facilities and is safety-rated, so it can go anywhere you can go. Rely on Trex to deliver results and keep your field assets reliable.
AMS Machine Works
You collect data from many rotating machines—from balance-of-plant assets like pumps, motors, gear boxes,and fans,to higher consequence assets like turbines, generatorsand compressors—but having a single location where the data comes together to identify bad actors quickly would be more efficient.
Common Issues: Bearing loads, corrosive conditions, lubrication contamination, misalignment, imbalance.
AMS Asset Monitor
Manages pervasive sensing while providing prediction, protection and process monitoring capabilities. It is designed to mount at the asset, reducing cabling requirements and other installation costs. It accommodates up to 12 CHARMs including Vibration CHARMs as well as DeltaV CHARMs for process inputs.
AMS Wireless Vibration Monitor
Delivers full vibration data over a self-organizing wireless mesh network. It provides rich information about machinery health for both operations and maintenance personnel. Overall vibration, PeakVue measurements and temperature readings can be easily integrated into any control system or plant historian.
AMS Device Manager
Predictive maintenance helps plants avoid unplanned shutdowns and inefficient practices that eat away at profits. AMS Device Manager helps avoid these unnecessary costs with a window into the health of intelligent field devices. It gives your maintenance and operations personnel the ability to work smarter. Based on real-time condition data from your intelligent field devices, plant staff can respond fast and make informed decisions on whether to maintain or replace field devices.
AMS Trex Device Communicator
Improve reliability with the AMS Trex Device Communicator. Increase productivity in the field with your Trex unit by doing more types of tasks. Easily solve complex device issues without the need for other specialized tools. The Trex communicator is designed to withstand the harsh conditions in and around manufacturing facilities and is safety-rated, so it can go anywhere you can go. Rely on Trex to deliver results and keep your field assets reliable.
AMS Machine Works
You collect data from many rotating machines—from balance-of-plant assets like pumps, motors, gear boxes,and fans,to higher consequence assets like turbines, generatorsand compressors—but having a single location where the data comes together to identify bad actors quickly would be more efficient.
Fans and blowers in a power plant regulate airflow for combustion, cooling, and ventilation. Induced and forced draft fans manage furnace pressure and air supply, while primary and secondary air fans optimize fuel combustion. Outages can cost $5,000 to $20,000 per day, with replacement ranging from $50,000 to $150,000. Additionally, inefficient airflow can reduce combustion efficiency by 5% to 15%, leading to significant fuel waste.
Common Issues: Bearing failures (caused by inadequate lubrication, contamination, or excessive loads), Belt-driven fans and blowers misalignment and imbalance. Some designs are subject to cavitation when vapor bubbles form and collapse within the blower system, causing damage.
AMS Wireless Vibration Monitor
Delivers full vibration data over a self-organizing wireless mesh network. It provides rich information about machinery health for both operations and maintenance personnel. Overall vibration, PeakVue measurements and temperature readings can be easily integrated into any control system or plant historian.
AMS 2140 Machinery Health Analyzer
The AMS 2140 Machinery Health Analyzer takes vibration data and analysis measurements to the next level. It features simultaneous four-channel plus phase data collection and unique peak detection capabilities for the earliest indication of bearing and gearbox degradation. In addition to delivering faster data collection for less time in the field or more machines monitored, the AMS 2140 is ergonomically designed for comfortable, single hand operation all day long.
AMS Device Manager
Predictive maintenance helps plants avoid unplanned shutdowns and inefficient practices that eat away at profits. AMS Device Manager helps avoid these unnecessary costs with a window into the health of intelligent field devices. It gives your maintenance and operations personnel the ability to work smarter. Based on real-time condition data from your intelligent field devices, plant staff can respond fast and make informed decisions on whether to maintain or replace field devices.
AMS Trex Device Communicator
Improve reliability with the AMS Trex Device Communicator. Increase productivity in the field with your Trex unit by doing more types of tasks. Easily solve complex device issues without the need for other specialized tools. The Trex communicator is designed to withstand the harsh conditions in and around manufacturing facilities and is safety-rated, so it can go anywhere you can go. Rely on Trex to deliver results and keep your field assets reliable.
AMS Machine Works
You collect data from many rotating machines—from balance-of-plant assets like pumps, motors, gear boxes,and fans,to higher consequence assets like turbines, generatorsand compressors—but having a single location where the data comes together to identify bad actors quickly would be more efficient.
Ovation user? Start Your Condition Monitoring with a Snap.
Emerson’s leading Reliability Solutions portfolio integrates with your existing operations and software, like Emerson’s Ovation™ integrated control and safety platform and AMS Device Manager to help you orchestrate next-level productivity and decision-making across your enterprise.
While the shutdown of many kinds of assets in your facility can halt plant output, few are as complex or as expensive as the turbine
For this critical asset, your personnel require a complete system – predictive intelligence plus protection capabilities that integrates with the distributed control system – to maximize reliability.
There are many assets in your facility that can impact capacity – boiler feed pumps, compressors, and motors to name a few.
These BOP assets are essential to meeting your business goals and require the same field-proven monitoring technologies as your turbines. Emerson’s wireless and route-based solutions are the perfect balance of quality monitoring with cost-effective implementation for these applications.
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