Recent developments in sensor technologies may offer an improvement in these monitoring activities, enabling an understanding of the dynamic behaviour of pipework to be gained more quickly, in greater detail, and with a lower cost for installation and decommissioning, and for sites with high levels of electromagnetic interference such as the newer electric drive compressors. It may also be possible to make more immediate use of the results of this analysis, possibly assessing the condition of assets during operation to identify potential problems.
The desired result would see demonstration, through laboratory and field trials, of the capabilities of novel vibration measurement sensors and systems, which could be deployed for assessing the risk of vibration-related fatigue failure of process pipework, specifically for sites with high levels of electromagnetic interference such as the newer electric drive compressors.