Petrochemical
The petrochemical industry is a key segment of the global chemical industry, converting hydrocarbons like natural gas and crude oil into essential chemicals and materials such as ethylene, propylene, benzene, and plastics.
The complexity and scale of petrochemical processes require a wide range of rotating equipment to ensure continuous, efficient operations. Critical equipment includes centrifugal compressors, steam and gas turbines, reciprocating compressors, and high-capacity pumps. These machines play vital roles in cracking, polymerization, and distillation, where they drive the reactions and separations necessary to produce high-purity chemical products.
Challenges
Centrifugal and reciprocating compressors in petrochemical plants are prone to failures due to liquid carryover, fouling from polymerization by-products, and valve wear. These failures can disrupt critical processes such as cracking and distillation, reducing production efficiency and increasing downtime.
Steam and gas turbines are vulnerable to fouling, erosion, and thermal fatigue. These problems are exacerbated by the harsh operating conditions in petrochemical plants, where fluctuating loads and exposure to corrosive gases can lead to premature wear and unplanned outages.
High-capacity pumps used to transport feedstocks and final products are often plagued by cavitation, seal failures, and bearing wear. These issues can cause flow disruptions and safety risks, particularly when handling hazardous or reactive chemicals.
Why Use Mechademy’s Turbomechanica Platform
Mechademy’s Turbomechanica platform integrates physics-based performance models with advanced machine learning and deep learning algorithms, enabling the early detection of potential failures in rotating equipment.
Turbomechanica's automated 'Fouling Detection' capabilities are particularly valuable for specialized applications such as steam turbine driven centrifugal compressors in cracked gas service. In such applications, early detection can significantly reduce downtime and increase asset life.
For centrifugal compressors, the Turbomechanica platform uses novel methods to estimate gas composition, which is of tremendous value in variable mole weight applications without gas analyzers.
Results delivered to our customers include:
Early detection of varnish in a centrifugal compressor bearing
Allowing pre-emptive action that delayed an outage by several months
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