Customer:

GE Plastics

LOCATION:

Burkville, AL

Background:

Armstrong International performed a composite audit of the utility services at the GE Plastics Facility in Burkville, Alabama.  Maintenance monitoring audits shall be performed on a quarterly basis with a focus on energy conservation.

Scope of Work:

• Tracing

  • Plant wide steam tracing system design recommendations

  • Quarterly audits shall include monitoring tracer circuits and steam condensate manifolds with engineered P&ID updates

• Insulation

  • Plantwide utility piping insulation

  • Quarterly inspections to maintain best in class

• Steam Traps

  • Plantwide steam trap population

  • Quarterly inspections to maintain energy conservation efficiency    

• Compressed air and N2

  • Plantwide air and nitrogen systems

  • Quarterly inspections shall include maintenance monitoring of potential leaks

• Cooling water survey and Delta-T-Optimization

  • Plantwide cooling water survey

  • Quarterly inspections of temperature indicators, pressure indicators and heat exchanger optimums (Delta-T) for energy conservation efficiency

Benefits:

GE Plastics recognized substantial annual energy cost savings by implementing best in class utility maintenance and relying on an intelligent monitoring database. GE Plastics also improved utility piping/insulation system efficiency and reduced the number of unscheduled maintenance. GE’s maintenance personnel’s efficiency has also been enhanced.