Real Time Condition Monitoring of Power Plant through Intranet

Condition monitoring is an important aspect of maintenance program of rotating machines. The data acquisition and analysis were cumbersome in the analog era and dedicated instruments were required and the diagnostics was usually a laboratory-based exercise and time consuming. With the advent of high-speed microprocessors, the practice has completely changed. A modern continuous condition monitoring and diagnostics system is first described. With the recent advances in internet-based technologies, the condition monitoring procedures are poised for a quantum jump in the way the machines can be maintained continuously on-line at remote locations or checked through the web for any faults.