Steam Insight Services
A digital connection with purpose
Our monitoring system generates insight into common steam and thermal energy plant problems.
The kits serve as a connected monitoring system, providing indications of the operating condition of each component within the steam and condensate loop. One simple connection can identify functional and failing components or validate the performance and efficiency of larger steam assets. The connections allow our steam experts to provide meaningful insights and recommendations regarding one specific problem.
Benefits
Process Productivity
Monitor functional performance of key process applications to ensure the process is not affected.
Maintenance & Repair
Identify functioning, faulty or failing components and how to rectify any faults found.
Sustainability & Energy
Indicate where energy losses are and how to minimise those losses.
Safety & Hazard Risk
Detect unsafe steam system conditions which creates hazards to people, the environment, and processes.
The solutions are designed to provide meaningful insights and recommendations across four key areas:
The solutions highlight the indicative root cause of issues and essential improvements needed to maximise the performance and efficiency of your steam plant, whilst reducing energy losses, CO2 emissions, and risk.
Your Steam Specialties expert will engage with you to understand more about the current issues you face and make the necessary connections. After a period of time, they will assess the health of the asset and provide you with a technical report and recommendations. The connection will remain on site for ongoing monitoring and validation purposes, to ensure any remedial work carried out is successful.
Steam Insight Services
Pump trap operation monitor
Failed Condensate Pump Traps can negatively impact your system performance and impact production due to poor heat transfer and their potential to cause unsafe conditions within the system. Identifying these issues early is key.
Pump cavitation risk indicator
Worn or damaged pumps lose efficiency and increase overall energy consumption, and the unpredictability of cavitation can cause unplanned outages and reactive maintenance. Using temperature sensors to monitor pump health means the risk of unplanned outages are minimised.
Safety valve leak indicator
Early detection of leaking safety valves and relevant improvements can minimise steam system energy losses, helping to reduce the risk of equipment breakdown or overall system failure so it’s important these are checked regularly.
Overflow incident detector
Overflowing hot water tanks are common across many industries as they can be hard to detect quickly as this may occur due to a fault somewhere else in the system. If undetected, thousands of litres of hot water can be wasted in a short time. Containing these issues can decrease resource consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and minimise waste.
Blocked steam trap detector
Steam trap blockages can be dfficult to identify and can cause operation to be halted or even cause premature failure to your steam system due to problems associated with steam traps and poor condensate removal. Early identification of failed steam traps can help mitigate these symptoms and prolong plant performance.