MANAGING RELIABILITY IN INDUSTRIAL COOLING SYSTEMS

摘要

This paper discusses the application of a management and tracking system employed to monitor water treatment performance, benchmark, identify opportunities, and improve reliability on critical cooling tower systems at multiple facility locations in the Americas. Benchmarking and the development of key performance indicators, KPIs, are critical to achieving reliability and meeting design service needs. The KPI values should be determined by weighing site and industry requirements as well as cost. The management team ensures system reliability by monitoring the critical KPIs, then reviewing and reconciling exceptions. The individual service representative and local plant owners are responsible for the escalation of critical issues until the specific issue is resolved.