M. Martins, ADVANCED MAINTENANCE ADVISORY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (AMASS) FOR EQUIPMENT OPERATING IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS, Insight, 38(12), 1996, pp. 868-871
The overall objective of the AMASS project is to develop an on-line
surveillance system which monitors the condition of boiler tubing in s
ervice and reduces the number of forced outages due to degradation by
erosion, corrosion and overheating. The system will integrate the outp
uts of on-line and off-line techniques, together with tube life algori
thms to give real-time estimates of tube life probability. This paper
presents the planned project objectives and the results achieved to da
te.