Take advantage of Neuron soundware technology and avoid more than 50% of critical failures!
Cogeneration units (CHP) produce energy by burning natural gas, diesel or even alternative fuels. They are used wherever there is the high consumption of heat and electricity as an independent and decentralized energy source (medical facilities, schools, sports halls, heating plants, commercial and industrial centers, etc.). It is a power resource supported by a subsidy for cogeneration.
As any machines, even CHP Units break – and they often don’t have sufficient in-built monitoring solution to indicate mechanical issues in advance. The trouble is that not all parts and service functions are available on-demand, which causes downtimes
The CHP Units contain many components of different age and quality. There are also various service models and contracts in place that affect reliability and durability.
First, we install 12 contact piezoelectric sensors on each machine: on the middle part of the generator, generator bearings, engine cylinders, turbochargers, and boundary microphones.
Then we collect data and assign appropriate tags for major operational events. As a result, we create a comprehensive training data set.
We train our unique algorithms to evaluate each audio channel or machine component independently. That way, we manage to achieve the best overall results.
Customer’s operators learn how to use our system, and we also help them understand all alerts correctly.
Feedback is important to us, so we release new features and quarterly algorithm updates.
First, we deployed the solution to a fleet of CHP units. The results were really positive, so we are now thinking of long-term cooperation, which will benefit the whole group.
Ing. Jan Regner
Manager of Information Systems and Technologies Division, MVV Energie CZ
