Sensors & Electronics
Macro Property Measurement
Understanding/Predicting Equipment Failure (241)
Problem: Need to understand degradation drivers and quantitative cause/effect relationships for key equipment
Project Activity Scope (from Technical Overview Chart): Interaction Mechanisms through Measurement and Analysis System Applications
PNNL Solution:
- Key equipment with abnormal degradation or failure rates
- Industrial plant equipment maintenance and operations experience
- Perform root-cause analysis on key problems
- Conduct equipment tests and analysis to establish key stress-degradation relationships
- Establish physics-based degradation models
- Develop diagnostic and/or prognostic tools for specific client applications
- Recommend steps to improve performance and extend equipment service life
- Knowledge enables improved diagnostics and prognostics
Capabilities Employed to Meet Client Needs: Root cause analysis for event understanding; root cause analysis for problem diagnostics and operating stressors; probability risk assessment (PRA) modeling; optimization; algorithm development for system condition monitoring. sensor system design; data acquisition system development; software development; data presentation and interpretation. acoustic emissions, and advanced optical engineering.
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Contact: Richard Meador
