Digital Reliability: 24/7 Real-Time Machinery Diagnostics

It's well-known that the primary costs and losses in petroleum refining come from sudden failures of equipment. A distributed control system (DCS) supplies comprehensive information on the process and operation modes of the equipment. However, its health during operation escapes the attention of operators who continuously change process modes while controlling the process plant.

• Andrey Kostyukov
• DYNAMICS Scientific Production Center USA, Inc.