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Refinery Wirelessly Monitors Junction Box Pressure

Emerson

Technology Category	Sensors - Pressure Sensors
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Machine Condition Monitoring
Challenge	The refining company needed to continuously monitor the pressure in Z-Purge junction boxes around the refinery. These junction boxes were maintained at a low positive pressure to prevent process gasses from entering the junction boxes. These junction boxes are widely distributed throughout the plant. Previously these junction boxes were manually monitored by operators on periodic rounds in the refinery. Read More
About Customer	A refining company. Read More
Customer Name	Undisclosed Read More
Solution	The problem was solved by monitoring the Z-Purge junction boxes with Rosemount 3051S wireless pressure transmitters. Each Z-Purge junction box was monitored for proper pressure on a continuous basis. The wireless solution eliminated the need to use existing spare wire capacity to monitor the junction boxes. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Pressure Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Pressure Sensors

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Machine Condition Monitoring

Challenge

The refining company needed to continuously monitor the pressure in Z-Purge junction boxes around the refinery. These junction boxes were maintained at a low positive pressure to prevent process gasses from entering the junction boxes. These junction boxes are widely distributed throughout the plant. Previously these junction boxes were manually monitored by operators on periodic rounds in the refinery.

About Customer

A refining company.

Customer Name

Undisclosed

Solution

The problem was solved by monitoring the Z-Purge junction boxes with Rosemount 3051S wireless pressure transmitters. Each Z-Purge junction box was monitored for proper pressure on a continuous basis. The wireless solution eliminated the need to use existing spare wire capacity to monitor the junction boxes.

Data Collected

Pressure

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Labor Safety] Operators' safety was improved by eliminating operator rounds to check junction box pressure.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance] Real-time status reports enable maintenance personnel to remotely diagnose the status of a device.
Impact #3	[Cost Reduction - Operation] Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in project cost and operation cost.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Labor Safety]
Operators' safety was improved by eliminating operator rounds to check junction box pressure.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance]
Real-time status reports enable maintenance personnel to remotely diagnose the status of a device.

Impact #3

[Cost Reduction - Operation]
Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in project cost and operation cost.

Benefit #1	Adding future wireless devices will save an estimated $5,000 per device compared to wired solutions.

Benefit #1

Adding future wireless devices will save an estimated $5,000 per device compared to wired solutions.

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Refinery Wirelessly Monitors Junction Box Pressure

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