Thermography as a Predicting Method in Diagnosis of Scaling in Secondary Tanks and Vacuum Lines

摘要

The possibility to predict incidents in main equipment should be fundamental in each organization. Some critical equipment represents a huge opportunity for testing with advanced technologies capable to foretell the behavior and warn about possible failures.In this paper thermography is used in Secondary Tanks and Vacuum Lines in order to detect the scale formation that hinders the normal flow of Hydrate slurry.The method described in this paper is a decision support tool, in order to avoid the abrupt loss of Tanks and interruption of operations during long periods. This way it has been possible to detect the obstruction of the equipment and to recover them without disrupting the Plant operation and reducing the operation costs.By early detecting procedures and adequate action plans, the incipient scaling are tackled and the loss of discharge of Tanks and the hydraulic loss associated to Vacuum systems has been completely controlled.