Installed base modernization and monitoring solution at Petrochemical Company

Abstract

industry sector and, due to low oil prices, Oil & Gascompanies in particular, are facing ever-increasingdemands for investment prioritization in electrical assetsupgrade. Installed base maybe several decades old and isoften no longer supported by the original manufacturer,facing increasing reliability risks due to unavailableoriginal spare parts and overall obsolescence.Furthermore, safety aspects in obsolete switchgears andoperational procedures may be not fulfilling currentexpectations and industry standards.The paper addresses a retrofit installation example in amajor petrochemical plant describing the design, typetesting and installation process of original circuit breakersreplacement. The result is an upgrade in switchgearfeatures from the availability, interlocks and safety ofoperation standpoint.The new retrofit solutions are mechanically andelectrically engineered to adapt to the existing switchgear,replacing phased-out circuit breakers by currentproduction versions and enabling standardization acrossinstalled base and new swicthgear, thus providing anoticeable reliability and performances improvement.Spare parts from active production provides a long servicelife prospective.Monitoring & diagnostic of new circuit breaker operationand thermal monitoring enables critical equipmentsurveillance. Fleet dashboard provides KPIs about overallhealth condition, history trend and alerts in a completecloud based solution.