Plant up and running 12 hours after critical chiller shut down
Plant up and running 12 hours after critical chiller shut down
- The challenge
Failure in chiller critical to entire plant
- The solution
System remotely monitored to ensure performance
- The impact
Millions of dollars saved
Client:Gulf Coast Chemicals Manufacturer
Location:Gulf Coast, USA
Sectors:Petrochemical and refining
The Challenge
Failure in chiller critical to entire plant
A Gulf Coast chemical manufacturer of oxo derivative and intermediate products including alcohols, polyols, carboxylic acids, specialty esters, and amines experienced a failure in a critical chiller that shut down its entire Gulf Coast plant. A plant manager estimates a financial loss of over $1,000,000 each day the plant was down. The incident occurred over the weekend and there was great concern that locating a replacement chiller with sufficient capacity would be challenging.
1 M/dayestimated loss
1 dayof reduced downtime