KNOWING AHEAD OF TIME Trending the insulation condition of generators to avoid failures and downtime with MONGEMO Partial discharge (PD) activity is a well-accepted indicator of insulation deterioration in electrical assets, including generators and motors. More specifically, steadily increasing PD activity indicates a developing defect in the asset’s insulation that could lead to eventual failure and costly outages. Therefore, the continuous trending of PD activity allows asset owners to assess insulation condition throughout the equipment’s service life and make timely decisions that ensure reliable performance. MONGEMO is our permanently installed, continuous on-line partial discharge (PD) monitoring system for single and multiple generators and electrical motors. The scalable and easy-to-use system is widely used by generation utilities and industrial plants worldwide to trend PD activity in stator windings and detect developing insulation defects before they result in damaging failures and costly unplanned outages. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Mohamed Helmy Halim. He’s the manager of MHH Condition Monitoring Sdn. Bhd., our dedicated Sales and Engineering Partner for rotating machine monitoring in Malaysia’s oil and gas industry. He describes why one of his customers – a major Malaysia-based oil and gas company – invested in the scalable MONGEMO system for the continuous online trending of PD activity in multiple gas turbine generators at two of their refineries. He also explains how continuous PD monitoring helps his customer ensure their generators’ performance reliability, avoid unforeseen failures and outages, and optimize maintenance and asset planning. Please tell us more about your company, MHH Condition Monitoring. Mohamed Helmy Halim: MHH Condition Monitoring is a consultant and solution provider based in Malaysia for rotating machine testing and monitoring. We are dedicated to using our knowledge, expertise, and experience to help our customers maintain their assets. Our corporate strategy integrates different technologies to solve problems and extend the lifecycle of assets. We target customers with assets critical to their production, primarily in the oil and gas industry. What is your company’s relationship with OMICRON? We’ve already been using various OMICRON solutions for several years for diagnostic testing on rotating machines at our customer sites, including the CPC 100 multi-functional testing device and the MPD PD measurement and analysis system. In 2020, we were appointed by OMICRON to be a dedicated Sales 12
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