GE Partners Dangote on Digital Solutions
GE and Dan go te Cement Pl ch ave signed an agreement to deploy GE’ s Asset Performance Management( A PM) digital solution to reduce unplanned down time and enhance performance at its two cement plants in O baja na and Ibese, Nigeria. The project includes extending the current service agreement for an additional 50,000 operating hours for the seven GE LM6000PC aeroderivative gas turbines installed at the sites. GE’s total plant solutions will improve efficiency, reliability essential to continuous operations and the plants’ business strategy. Operations Director, Dan got e Cement Plc, Ravi Sood, said ,“Power supply is both a key input and a major cost in our manufacturing process.” He added: “Operational performance is crucial to our cement plant’s overall productivity, directly affecting end products. Being at the front of cement production in Africa, we believe extending our services agreement with GE and the introduction of digital solutions will allow us to improve efficiencies, anticipate further reductions in unplanned downtime and become more self-sufficient in power production in a country which, with approximately 190 million inhabitants, is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world.” A PM lever ages cutting-edge technology to monitor the performance of power generation assets to reduce down time, avoid turbines damage and remotely predict and resolve issues. APM sensors will be installed not only on the seven aero-derivative turbines, but also on their associated generators and gear boxes to predict and accurately diagnose issues with greater accuracy before they occur. “Energy infrastructure is getting smarter, and digital solutions allow not only the shift from traditional calendar-based repairs to predictive maintenance, but they also increase power asset availability and reliability ,” said Eli see Sezan, CEO for GE’s Gas Power businesses in sub–Saharan Africa. “We are proud to continue our 13- year collaboration with Dan go te Cement to help them support Nigeria and other African countries towards achieving self-reliance and self-sufficiency in the world’ s most basic commodities .”