Rotating Equipment Pump Reliability Upgrading Project
Abstract
In 1988, a general performance assessment was undertaken at Shell UK’s Stanlow Manufacturing Complex to review its competitive position in the market place. The review concluded there was a high level of maintenance expenditure and associated equipment downtime. This, coupled with the introduction of recent UK legislation relating to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), required a rethink in reliability methodology. To that end, a reliability drive was directed for all production units at Stanlow to improve plant availability and funds were made available for projects with an identifiable payback. The recent appointment of the author to one of Stanlow’s chemical production units coincided with the reliability drive. The impact of that initiative is presented.
Description
Lecturepg. 77
Subject
Pumping machineryCollections
Citation
Ringstead, Ed (1994). Rotating Equipment Pump Reliability Upgrading Project. Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /164196.