August 13, 2021
Early Alerts Prevented Product Loss
Problem
- Leakage in the heat exchanger – outlet temperature is higher than expected.
How SAM GUARD Helped
- Identified and alerted of a leak in the heat exchanger hours before it was verified in the field.
- Repeatedly alerted on changes of behavior between tags of temperature input & output in heat exchanger.
- Presented via charts, allowing for easy identification of problem in the heat exchanger.
Value
- Heat exchanger’s cold side gasket fixed.
- SAM GUARD gave the alerts when the productivity was still intact. If there were no alerts, the stripper would have been less efficient, and less product – fire retardant in this case – would have been manufactured.

