Root Cause Analysis (RCA) - Inst Tools https://instrumentationtools.com/category/root-cause-analysis/ Instrumentation, Electrical, PLC, Tutorials Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://instrumentationtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-Instrumentation-Tools-Logo-150x150.png Root Cause Analysis (RCA) - Inst Tools https://instrumentationtools.com/category/root-cause-analysis/ 32 32 Incident Investigation: Motor Operated Valve Lesson https://instrumentationtools.com/motor-operated-valve-lesson/ https://instrumentationtools.com/motor-operated-valve-lesson/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 02:30:00 +0000 https://ye1o34zhk8.onrocket.site/?p=64510 The Motor-operated valve (MOV) had a frequent issue of getting jammed. A maintenance job was performed by the Instrument team.

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]]> https://instrumentationtools.com/junction-box-internal-corrosion/feed/ 0 Learnings from the BP Refinery Explosion at Texas City https://instrumentationtools.com/bp-refinery-explosion/ https://instrumentationtools.com/bp-refinery-explosion/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2023 02:30:00 +0000 https://ye1o34zhk8.onrocket.site/?p=60257 in this article, we will learn the BP refinery explosion at Texas city and understand the main reasons which caused this accident.

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]]> https://instrumentationtools.com/bp-refinery-explosion/feed/ 0 Hunting of Control Valves https://instrumentationtools.com/hunting-of-control-valves/ https://instrumentationtools.com/hunting-of-control-valves/#respond Sun, 06 Aug 2023 06:21:20 +0000 https://ye1o34zhk8.onrocket.site/?p=59163 The control valve started hunting and not operating properly i.e. command vs feedback error and this problem led to production losses.

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