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Air leakages detection on a Lime Kiln

Identify issue and guide fast site resolution with support of experts for solving recursive alarm that generates process unbalances at Bergmann Kalk

DIG:ITA
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2 min readFeb 22, 2022

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What did our team find?

While conducting monthly MOSAICO Performance Reliability Services on a QualiCal PFR Lime Kiln operating at Bergmann Kalk, X4LIME Team highlighted an undergoing increase of discrepancies on Waste Gases Temperature as well as Kiln Pressures that are main parameters for the calcination process.

#iDO - the Industrial Digital Operator working within Mosaico Digital WORKSPACE — collected the most recursive notification on PROCESS DISCREPANCIES and identified the key components object of the problem.

Mi-LIVE Push Notification on Pressure Discrepancies

What was the trigger for this analysis?

The Data scientist Team did a deep investigation in the whole historical data set and identified a clear continuous and progressive deterioration of the situation:

Long Term Process Discrepancies on Waste Gases Temperatures and Pressures

What was the value to the customer?

Data driven maintenance guide field operators to duly inspect the involved equipment such us air piping and repairing the duct that was wearing out,

Edoardo Cella — X4LIME and DIG:ITA CDO

“When managing a plant, downtime is inevitable. Whether caused by a malfunction or simply by planned maintenance, downtime costs money. However, unplanned, unexpected downtime costs more. Thanks to the information made available on MOSAICO WORKSPACE to the experts people at work, we are really glad to support Plant malfunctioning fast identification and provide fast resolution. ” — Edoardo Cella — X4LIME Team Leader.

Digital Transformation for Sustainability

MOSAICO workspace aims to upgrade all industries and infrastructures for sustainability. This is GOAL 8.4 of the Global Goals 2030.

IMPROVE RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IN CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production.

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