1. AIM for M i t i & Improve
f Maintain I
Supporting a Real-time PAM Strategy
Wil Chin
Research Director
ARC Advisory Group
wchin@ARCweb.com

2. Plant Asset Management (PAM)
Typical Scope of a PAM Strategy
Ramp
Func Up
Oper
Asset Rdy
Assm Operate & Peak
Asset
Optimize Perf
Spec
p Mods
Design & Maintain &
Build
Proj Improve
Liab
Plan
Des
Cash
Basis
Idea
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3. PAM Requirements for AIM
A Broad Range of Information Types
Real-time predictive asset health information
Intelligent analytical tools t predict potential
I t lli t l ti l t l to di t t ti l
asset issues
Processes to mitigate risks and consequences of
asset failures
Optimal maintenance and operations practices
Ability to focus resources on the most critical
issues
Benefits equally i
B fit ll important as control in
t t t li
automation
Workers with tools to Monitor, Analyze &
Optimize Plant Assets
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4. PAM Requirements for AIM
To Answer Many Different Questions
Information Needed for PAM
• answers reasonable questions
regarding the physical asset, Human Virtual
• about asset DNA, specification,
DNA specification
application, configuration, health,
recommended actions, and more Physical
• for Maintenance & Operations,
• to enable better decisions
PAM Strategies Based upon AIM Empower the
Workforce with Knowledge
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5. PAM Requirements for AIM
Delivered in Many Different Ways
Easily accessible
Provide procedures and practices
P id d d ti
Cover all assets
Available from one source
Consider importance and relevance
Real time status information
Specific Stakeholder views
History and up-to-date
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Real-time information
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6. AIM for PAM
Distributed Across a Large Area
Plant Assets
Thousands of Assets Are Located Across the Plant
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7. AIM for PAM
Disparate Assets with Diverse Information
Flowmeters ESD
Workers
Field
Machinery Devices
Turbine
Heat
Exchanger
Analyzers
Conveyors
Utilities
Utilities
Compressor
Cooling Valves
Tower Mechanical Distillation
Equipment Train
Switchgear Motors
Packaging
Drives
Wiring Machine
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8. Example of the Many Assets in Plants
Machinery & Automation
Production Assets Assets
Motors,
Rotating,
Reciprocating
Equipment Field
Devices
Process &
Mechanical
Equipment AIM for
PAM Analyzers
Remote
Equipment
Control
Electrical Valves &
Equipment Positioners
Rest of
Wiring Plant Networks
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9. Complex Information Management
Require Technologies and Domain Expertise
Complex Information
Global Rich Assets
Information Varied
Workforce
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10. Information Must Be Appropriate
for Experienced Workers
Typical Chemical Plant w/ 3,308
workers
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 60+
Age
However
60-80% experienced operations and maintenance
p p
slated to retire in 5 years
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11. But Also Meet the Needs of
Inexperienced Workers
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12. Market Forces Demand High Performance
Create Opportunities and Challenges for Manufacturers
•Increasing Global •Accelerating Demand
Competition for Commodities
• Downward
•24 x7 Operation
pressure on costs
• Rising Energy Costs
• More Distributed
Operations
•Excessive IT
Support Costs
•Aging Workforce • Customer-Imposed
in Manufacturing Standards &
Requirements
Market Pressures Are Driving Manufacturers
to Become Real-time Enterprises:
Manage Assets i Real-time
in l i
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13. ARC Vision of a Collaborative Integrated
PAM Strategy
Workers
Field
Machinery Devices
Analyzers
A l
Utilities
AIM
for
PAM Valves
Mechanical
Equipment
Switchgear Motors
M t
Wiring
Intelligent Information Enhances PAM
Solutions in a Common View
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14. Information Not Always Available
Asset Class Electrical Mechanical
Automation Pressure, Temperature,
Control Valves,
Assets Flowmeters, Level Meters,
Positioners, and
Miscellaneous S
Mi ll Sensors,
Associated Equipment
Analytical, Switches
Turbines, Compressors,
, p ,
Production Fans, Gear Boxes,
Motors, Switchgear,
Assets Conveyors, Grinding Mills,
Transformers, Drives,
Extruders, Dryers, Pumps,
Wiring
Pipes,
Pipes Heat Exchangers
Exchangers,
Tanks, Boilers, Furnaces
Must Deploy Intelligence in
Production Assets
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15. Measurement Technologies Provide
Real-time Information
Production Asset
Asset Applications
Monitoring Methods
Rotating & R i
R t ti Reciprocating E i
ti Equipment,
t
Turbines, Compressors, Fans, Pumps,
Vibration
Motors, Gear Boxes, Wind Generators ,
Bearings
Heat Exchangers, Bearings, Motors,
Infrared Switchgear, Transformers, Circuit
Breakers, Furnaces
Rotating & Reciprocating Equipment,
Turbines, Compressors, Fans, Pumps,
Ultrasonic
Motors, Gear Boxes, Wind Generators,
Valves,
Oil Analysis
A l i Engines, G
E i Gear B
Boxes, T
Transmissions,
i i
Pipes, Heat Exchangers, Tanks, Pumps,
Corrosion Valves, Field Devices, Boilers, and
virtually any process wetted equipment
Can be applied to virtually any
Modeling
equipment
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16. Solutions Must Connect via Many
Communication Technologies
Interoperability
p y
Supervisory
ORK LEVEL
Control PROFInet HSE
NETWO
I/O
DP PA
,
Device H1
TYPE OF CONTROL
Machinery Process
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17. Reality
Many solutions
Online real-time and off-line solutions
real time off line
Rich solutions from field device & equipment
suppliers
Software modeling solutions complement PAM
Successful niche solutions- asset centric
Proprietary and open connectivity
Ad-hoc implementations
Complete enterprise wide solution require
integration of multiple solutions
PAM Needs to be Integrated into the
Organizations AIM Strategy
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18. Thank You.
For more information, contact the author at
wchin@arcweb.com or visit our web pages at
www.arcweb.com
www arcweb com
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