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Brüel & Kjær Vibro monitoring expertise stands out at at the EUBCE 2017 conference

Figure 1: Illustration of Tilbury Green Power Plant (courtesy of AET).

The biomass industry is growing fast, with over 800 plants being planned in the next 5 years throughout the world, reaching a total capacity of over 12 GW. 
There are technical challenges in operating such a plant, however, and many of these are directly related to its operation and maintenance. For example biomass plants are typically more prone to fouling, which can affect a number of components such as the induced and forced draft fans. Moreover, there is often only a single train in the power station, which is minimally staffed with minimal specialist supervision. Despite these challenges, there is very little tolerance for unnecessary downtime so an effective condition monitoring strategy is considered vital for biomass power plants.

“Remote condition monitoring of automated biomass power stations” was presented by Brüel & Kjær Vibro as a poster at the 25th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2017) in Stockholm, Sweden, 12-15 June, 2017, the largest European venue dealing with biomass power plant technology and business. 

B&K Vibro’s expertise in monitoring biomass plants is based on many successfully realized projects such as: 

•	Tilbury Green Power biomass power plant – UK – 40 MW
•	Bischofferode – Germany – 20 MW
•	Piesteritz – Germany – 20 MW (includes process steam for a nearby fertilizer company)

B&K Vibro takes an active role in venues such as this one for sharing monitoring expertise to EPCs, service providers, owners and operators based on the experience gained from our current biomass projects.

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Company

Brüel & Kjær Vibro is the leading worldwide independent supplier of condition monitoring solutions for rotating machinery. The comprehensive product range comprises vibration sensors (acceleration, velocity and displacement), vibration monitors, handhelds and rack-based plant-wide integrated monitoring solutions. These products plus a suite of comprehensive services fulfil the most demanding applications for safety, condition and performance monitoring of rotating machinery. Based on 50 years of experience and a world-wide sales and support network, Brüel & Kjær Vibro’s monitoring solutions have successfully reduced downtime and maintenance costs and increased machine reliability for our customers world-wide.

Monitoring in the wind turbine industry is a strategic focus area. With a solid track record of more than 8,000 systems monitored on a daily basis, they offer tailor-made monitoring strategies that fit the client’s individual needs.

Brüel & Kjær Vibro is part of Spectris plc, the leading supplier of productivity enhancing instrumentation and controls.