Condition Monitoring in Thermal Power Station: Case Studies

Condition monitoring (colloquially, CM) is the process of monitoring machinery to identify a significant change, which might be indicative of an underlying aberration. Condition Monitoring in Thermal Power Stations: Case Studies covers 25 case studies of all major areas of thermal power stations, which have suffered a lot of machinery condition issues. It covers the information about how machine vibrations can be brought down to the acceptable limits via the employment of condition monitoring techniques. It also includes detection methodology for condition monitoring deviations of all areas in a plant and suggested remedies.

Features:

• Covers pre-maintenance history to work execution through analysis and having the results with post-condition monitoring data.
• Uses actual machine maintenance photos for better understanding and visualization of case studies.
• Provides knowledge of each condition monitoring technique through all case studies.
• Helps readers to replicate the idea of case study diagnosis into plant/machinery of any type of industry.
• Illustrates real problems and real solutions for practical issues.

This book is aimed at professionals and researchers in plant engineering and maintenance, thermal power plants, and condition monitoring.

Mr. Hemant Bari,

Deputy General Manager, ADTPS

Mr. Hemant Bari is a Deputy General Manager in the Department of Maintenance Planning - Condition Monitoring Cell at Adani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS). Presently, he is associated with data collection and analysis of all Condition Monitoring activities being executed during routine and overhaul period at ADTPS. He has completed the specialization course on Machine Diagnostic and Condition Monitoring from IIT Delhi after completing his BE in Production Engineering from University of Mumbai. He has completed Vibration Analysis Level Three from Mobius Institute, Australia and certified with level 02 for Ultrasound Technology (Structure and Airborne) from USA. He has completed PGDBM in Business Management from Emeritus University, Singapore. He is a level 2 certified NDT expert from ASNT for LPT, MPT, UT, PAUT, and TOFD techniques. In addition, he is certified with Thermography and Oil Analysis level 01 certification. Mr. Hemant is a Board Member of Condition Monitoring Society of India and Life member of Tribology and Acoustical society of India. He has more than 16 years of experience in the field of various Condition Monitoring Techniques such as Vibration analysis, Motor Current analysis and Wear debris analysis. He has published more than 38 papers and presented at various National and International Condition Monitoring forums. In addition, he has conducted more than 65 one/two-day workshops on Basics of Vibration with hands on practice, Oil Analysis, Thermography and Basics of NDT techniques with Power Plant case studies at various Industries, IITs and reputed Engineering Institutes/Universities in India.

Dr. Jignesh Thaker,

Head and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Adani University

Dr. Jignesh Thaker is Deputy Dean Academics and Associate Professor at Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology (FEST), Adani University. He has completed his Ph.D. and Post-graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. He is passionate teacher, innovative thinker, researcher, and expert practitioner in learning and delivering the new technologies for organizational growth and sustainability. He is the technical lead/mentor at Adani Institute Innovation Hub (AIIH) where he is leading the effort to maximize students’ potential, skill, and knowledge to create/build a robust leadership pipeline of young leaders, entrepreneurs, and employees to accomplish the vision and goals in line with its values and culture, and to drive the growth and sustainability of all its existing and new businesses.Dr. Jignesh has over more than 15 years of industrial, research and academic experience in the field of Fluid-Thermal Engineering. He has published more than 30 articles in reputed journals, books and conferences at International and National platforms. He is endorsed PhD supervisor and guiding two doctoral students in the field of Fluid-Thermal Engineering. In addition to that, Dr. Jignesh is associated with Adani Group industries in terms of various consultancy projects, industrial training and internships for students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry practitioners.