System for Managing Electrostatic Precipitator Efficiency by Remote Diagnostics, 1996 Engineering Conference Proceedings

Terry Farmer

PrecipTech, Inc.

In today’s economic climate, staff positions such as plant engineers and maintenance personnel are being drastically reduced, increasing the workload on engineers and mainte-nance. In many instances, the focus is away from daily precipitator maintenance, making costly ongoing retraining necessary. Remote diagnostics brings immediate expertise from remotely-located company experts, vendors and consultants to manage electrostatic precipitator equipment. Remote diagnostics is defined as the ability to monitor, control, change equipment parameters, or generate reports from a remote location. Advancements in precipitator control technology and communications capabilities have made it possible to: . Monitor systems . Analyze data . Initiate performance enhancements . Change equipment parameters . Design, change, or update software via telephonic communications as needed The result is an early warning of performance deviations and a shortened response time in identifying and solving problems.