Electrostatic Precipitator Inspections

Electrostatic precipitator inspections and assessments should be tied to achieving the largest performance impact and reliability at the lowest cost.  Historically, regular Electrostatic Precipitator maintenance outages allowed for full equipment assessments and preventative maintenance to be completed.  Things have changed however, and often we need to fulfill the same objective in shorter outages with a smaller budget.  Using data and performance modeling can help you know when to go inside the box.  And when you do, it helps direct what to look for, where, and what to do about what you find.

There may be situations when you are only looking in a specific field, and there may be times when you do a full Electrostatic Precipitator Inspection.  Other times you need to know when you don™t need to open any doors.  Knowing the general condition of your electrostatic precipitator and staying in-front of issues is important, and sometimes a full assessment is valuable.  At other times, using data to target what to look can prove to be immensely valuable when time and resources are limited.  You have limited time and resources to inspect your electrostatic precipitator, we can help you prioritize.

Why Electrostatic Precipitator Inspections Are Important

Full electrostatic precipitator inspections and assessments identify your reliability weak-points and assess the life expectancy of internals.  They are also valuable in directing maintenance work.  Knowing this allows you to plan and stay ahead of performance issues.   In a perfect world, you would fix everything that is found.  In reality, we have to prioritize based on the cost, time, performance, and reliability trade-offs.  When performance data is connected to electrostatic precipitator inspection findings, a plan can be created to focus on the maintenance work that will yield the greatest performance and reliability gains.  This requires that you know what to look for, and how what you find may impact reliability and performance.

Considering the influence of process variables and the tight environmental margins we need to operate within, this is not as straightforward as it used to be.  Using the data available and performance modeling can prove valuable in generating and optimizing electrostatic precipitator maintenance plans and budgets, maintaining reliability and performance, and keeping surprises off the table.  This is what makes Neundorfer’s approach different.  We have decades of equipment and process knowledge to apply.  We are experts at transforming data into value, and electrostatic precipitator inspections are no exception.  Far too often we find equipment where the same maintenance is performed outage after outage, and performance issues continue to plague the operations.  It requires a change in approach to electrostatic precipitator inspections and maintenance.  We can help you improve your maintenance strategies and gain the performance and reliability required.

Electrostatic Precipitator Inspections Help Improve Performance

We offer in-service and out-of-service electrostatic precipitator inspections and assessments to help you identify improvements that can be made.  We do this through analyzing performance trends and various process data.  This allows us to indicate potential issues inside the box, impacts of process on equipment performance, and identifying the limiting factors in performance. This approach allows you to plan maintenance activities and inspection objectives, as well as improve pre-outage performance.

We also perform targeted electrostatic precipitator inspections to resolve specific performance issues, identify the cause of degrading performance, and improve reliability. Using data prior to entering the electrostatic precipitator, we are able to make best use of the time available by targeting the inspection to the sections that require the most attention. Our decades of experience reducing operating and maintenance costs mean you get the information and recommendations that will provide the most performance and reliability impact at your plant. Let us help you create maintenance strategies that work for you.

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