dc.contributor.author	Joubert, Andrè
dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-01T09:47:37Z
dc.date.available	2010-11-01T09:47:37Z
dc.date.issued	2010-11-01T09:47:37Z
dc.date.submitted	2008
dc.description	Thesis (D. Tech. (Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Process Control and Computer Systems))--Vaal University of Technology.	en
dc.description.abstract	In recent years, industrial plant maintenance has changed dramatically. These changes are due to a considerable increase in the number and variety of physical plant assets, increased design complexity, new maintenance techniques and changing perspectives regarding on how to perform maintenance effectively. Managers at modern process plants are becoming increasingly aware of the extent to which equipment failure affects safety and the environment. Process plant personnel are limited in their ability to accurately and consistently evaluate the health of plant assets. Due to poor record keeping, maintenance staff often has little defence against aging equipment and asset failures. As a result companies have undertaken to implement planned equipment maintenance schedules and install new technology to allow for efficient tracking and analysing of equipment health across the board. The introduction of an integrated asset management solution is presented in this thesis. The integrated asset management solution will assist maintenance staff to cost-effectively predict the probability of asset failure prior to the occurrence of any actual plant incidents. The integrated solution documented in this thesis will be implemented at the Sasol Solvents site to enhance plant availability, maximum up time for all plant assets and plant safety. Strategic Asset Management Inc. (SAMI) uses the Operational Reliability Maturity Continuum model to improve profitability, efficiency and equipment reliability. The SAMI empirical model employs various stages to address improved performance and asset management and was used as a guideline to develop an integrated solution to optimise plant performance and profits. The integrated asset management solution, documented in this thesis, was developed with the intended function of bringing information from diverse plant based systems and field equipment to the maintenance personnel in an understandable interface so that the information can be used to improve the reliability and availability of all plant assets.	en
dc.format.extent	xxi, 194, 21 leaves :graphs	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10352/96
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.requires	Adobe 8.0	en
dc.subject	Plant maintenance	en
dc.subject	Industrial plant maintenance	en
dc.subject	Industrial plant assets	en
dc.subject	Equipment failure - Industrial plants	en
dc.subject	Asset failures - Industrial plants	en
dc.subject	Equipment tracking-Industrial plants	en
dc.subject	Integrated asset management solution	en
dc.subject	Sasol Solvents	en
dc.subject	Strategic Asset Management Inc.	en
dc.subject	SAMI	en
dc.subject	Operational Reliability Maturity Continuum model	en
dc.subject	Plant profits	en
dc.subject.ddc	658.202	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Plant maintenance	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Industrial equipment\|xMaintenance and repair	en
dc.title	Plant systems integration using the SAMI model to achieve asset effectiveness in modern plants	en
dc.type	Thesis	en

Plant systems integration using the SAMI model to achieve asset effectiveness in modern plants

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