Reciprocating compressor prognostics of an instantaneous failure mode utilising temperature only measurements
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Loukopoulos, P, Zolkiewski, G, Bennet, I, Sampath, S, Pilidis, P, Duan, F, Sattar, TP and Mba, D (2017). Reciprocating compressor prognostics of an instantaneous failure mode utilising temperature only measurements. Applied Acoustics. 147, pp. 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.12.003
Authors | Loukopoulos, P, Zolkiewski, G, Bennet, I, Sampath, S, Pilidis, P, Duan, F, Sattar, TP and Mba, D |
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Abstract | Reciprocating compressors are critical components in the oil and gas sector, though their maintenance cost is known to be relatively high. Compressor valves are the weakest component, being the most frequent failure mode, accounting for almost half the maintenance cost. One of the major targets in industry is minimisation of downtime and cost, while maximising availability and safety of a machine, with maintenance considered a key aspect in achieving this objective. The concept of Condition Based Maintenance and Prognostics and Health Management (CBM/PHM) which is founded on the diagnostics and prognostics principles, is a step towards this direction as it offers a proactive means for scheduling maintenance. Despite the fact that diagnostics is an established area for reciprocating compressors, to date there is limited information in the open literature regarding prognostics, especially given the nature of failures can be instantaneous. This work presents an analysis of prognostic performance of several methods (multiple linear regression, polynomial regression, K-Nearest Neighbours Regression (KNNR)), in relation to their accuracy and variability, using actual temperature only valve failure data, an instantaneous failure mode, from an operating industrial compressor. Furthermore, a variation for Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation based on KNNR, along with an ensemble technique merging the results of all aforementioned methods are proposed. Prior to analysis, principal components analysis and statistical process control were employed to create !! and ! metrics, which were proposed to be used as health indicators reflecting degradation process of the valve failure mode and are proposed to be used for direct RUL estimation for the first time. Results demonstrated that even when RUL is relatively short due to instantaneous nature of failure mode, it is feasible to perform good RUL estimates using the proposed techniques. |
Keywords | reciprocating compressor; valve; prognostics; remaining useful life; multiple linear regression; polynomial regression; K-nearest neighbours,; instantaneous failure; principal components analysis; statistical process control; 0203 Classical Physics; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1201 Architecture; Acoustics |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Applied Acoustics |
Journal citation | 147, pp. 77-86 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 0003-682X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.12.003 |
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14 Dec 2017 | |
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Deposited | 19 Mar 2018 |
Accepted | 10 Dec 2017 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/86w76
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