For each industry what is the real need of a plant operator for online condition monitoring equipment? For instance vibration is typically always there. Some other possible needs that I can think of are oil quality, oil moisture, temperature, pressure, power quality, etc.

Some industries that I am looking into are wind, water treatment, cooling towers, refineries, gas turbines, and diesel engines.

Are there certain needs that each one of these industries looks for?

Special need: Why oil analysis should be better than vibration analysis? From upstream oil & gas industry

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Are there certain needs that each one of these industries looks for?

The common answer is low cost, reliability, and useful data. Online monitoring has not entered mainstream application. The high cost and complexity typically limits the application to a few "prime movers" or very critical process machines. Are you cooking up a new online monitoring system that defies the odds against success?

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