Chemical Plant Key Machinery PdM and Fault Diagnostic

Wei Xu

BASF Chemicals Company Ltd, Shanghai, 201507, China

Abstract: The PdM and fault diagnostic are critical for key machinery reliability excellence in chemical plant. The PdM concept and methodology as well as the case of chemical plant chiller intelligent PdM and fault di-agnostic process, progress, benefits, and plan are illustrated in the article.

Keywords: Intelligent PdM (predictive maintenance); Fault diagnostic; Condition monitoring; Chiller; Variables; Big data