Root cause analysis to determine the breakage origin of ball joints. Definition of corrective measures and improvement proposals. Definition of predictive maintenance plan

• Plant inspection
• Assessment of fault record
• Standard definition of failure
• Operating data analysis according to DCS
• Thermal-structural simulation of the solar collector, ball joint system and receptor tubes
• Assessment against fatigue and thermal shocks
• Analysis of the detail of the kneecaps and simulation process of blocking them

Root cause analysis to determine the breaking origin of the receptor tubes

• Plant inspection
• Assessment of fault record
• Standard definition of failure
• Operating data analysis according to DCS
• Thermal-structural simulation of the solar collector, receiver tubes and ball joints system
• Assessment against fatigue and thermal shocks
• Vacuum loss assessment in tubes
• Radiation effect assessment

Root cause analysis to determine the origin of shoes breakage and cross over deformations

• Plant inspection
• Thermal-structural analysis of the solar collector and cross over system
• Evaluation of the malfunction of the shoes and ball joint system
• Thermal shock effect assessment and fatigue analysis
• Evaluation of large cross over system deformations