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Mr Ray Beebe
Senior Lecturer, Engineering & MRE Coordinator
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Location: Room 3W251, Gippsland Campus
Postal address: School of Applied Sciences
and Engineering, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill,
Victoria, 3842, Australia
Phone: +61 3 512 26496 or +61 3 990 26496
Fax: +61 3 512 26738 or +61 3 990 26738
Email: Ray.Beebe@sci.monash.edu.au
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Ray joined Monash University in 1992, after ,28 years as a professional
engineer in power generation. He had many technical and managerial
achievements in power stations and central specialist units in Australia.
This included two years on a scholarship in the UK power industry
and a year interstate improving the thermal efficiency of a steam
power station. Ray had parallel involvement in condition monitoring/predictive
maintenance development and application, resulting in advanced vibration
analysis techniques in Victoria's power stations and open cut mines.
Ray received the Collacott Prize three times from the Institution
of Diagnostic Engineers, and was awarded the 2004 Sir George Julius
Medal by Engineers Australia for the best publication in the field
of mechanical engineering. In 2008, he graduated MEngSc(Research)
with a thesis based on his publications.
Ray has consulted and presented many short courses in plant performance
and predictive maintenance/condition monitoring across Australia
and in other countries. He is a frequent presenter at technical conferences
in Australia and overseas, has written two books and many papers
and is often invited to speak at company and industry events. Many
of his papers have also appeared in technical magazines and websites
and in other books. His 6+ years service in the Royal Australian
Engineers (CMF) was recognised in 2007 with the Australian Defence
Medal.
Teaching Commitments
Ray teaches postgraduate units, with some undergraduate involvement.
Since 1996, he has been Co-ordinator of the Monash programs in maintenance
management and reliability engineering, offered by off campus learning
(in North America in association with the University of Tennessee).
Each year, he advises for several of the postgraduate student projects.
Ray is the unit advisor for the following units:
Research Interests
Ray researches applications of condition monitoring, as related
to business results in optimising maintenance, and with a particular
interest in performance analysis and its benefits in improving energy
efficiency.
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1989) (past office-bearer
in Gippsland Group, and again in 2008)
- Chartered Professional Engineer
- Member, ASME
- Member, Asset Management Council (Founder and current Chairman,
Gippsland Chapter, ex-officio a National Councillor)
- Rotarian since 1993 and in Scouts Australia since 1962 (now
non-uniformed work)
Selected Publications
Books
- Machine condition monitoring , 316pp,
MCM Consultants, 2001 update. ISBN 0 64625 088 4. (Available from
Monash Gippsland Bookshop - http://www.bookshop.monash.edu.au/)
- Predictive maintenance of pumps using condition
monitoring , 181 pp, Elsevier Advanced Technology,
2004, ISBN 1-85617-408-5
This title is available online at Predictive
Maintenance of Pumps Using Condition Monitoring.
Selected
papers (last 10 years only)
Pumps
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- Experiences in pump condition monitoring by performance
analysis , International Conference of Maintenance
Societies (ICOMS2007) Melbourne, May 2007. (Version reprinted
in THE ASSET Journal, Vol 2, Issue 1 2008)
- Use PdM to optimise overhauls on pumps , 11th
Process and Power Plant Reliability Conference, Houston,
November 2003 (reprinted in HYDROCARBON PROCESSING, April, 2003;
and several other publications up to 2008)
- Thermometric testing of high pressure pumps using pipe
surface measurements , Proceedings 3rd Asia-Pacific
Conference of Systems Integrity and Maintenance, ACSIM2002,
Cairns, September, 2002
- Use condition monitoring data to tune your pump , Proceedings
ICOMS2000, Wollongong, Australia, May 2000 (reprinted in RELIABILITY,
Vol 8 (3), August 2001, and in Ingenieria y Gestion de MANTENIMIENTO,
No 26, Nov/Dec 2002)
Steam turbine-generators
- Monitoring central gland leakage on combined HP-IP casing
steam turbines , Proceedings of WCEAM (World
Congress on Engineering Asset Management/International Conference
of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2006), Gold Coast July 2006
- Steam turbine performance condition monitoring using
plant instrumentation: case study,Proceedings of
International Conference of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2005,
Hobart June 2005
- Condition monitoring of steam turbines by performance
analysis , Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering,
Vol 9, No 2, 2003, Page: 102 – 112 (2004 Highly Commended
Award from Literati Club of Emerald Publishing)
- Investigation of vibration on low pressure turbinesProceedings
of International Conference of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2002,
Brisbane, May 2002
- Case studies in condition monitoring of low pressure
steam turbines by performance analysisProceedings
of COMADEM2000, Houston, USA, December 2000
- Condition monitoring of the steam path in turbines , Proceedings
of COMADEM 98, Launceston, December 1998, ISBN 0 7326 2027
9, Vol 1 of 2, pp 87-92 (reprinted in RELIABILITY, Vol 9 (1),
2002)
- Condition monitoring of steam turbine generator
governing systems Proceedings COMADEM 98 Launceston
Dec 1998, ISBN 0 7326 2027 9 Vol 1 of 2 pp 81-86
- Steam turbine generator condition monitoring by performance
analysis: derivation of correction factors by test Proceedings
Maintenance and Reliability ConferenceMARCON99, Tennessee
May 1999, pp 33.01-33.05
Vibration analysis
- Control of vibration with a dynamic absorber , Proceedings
of International Conference of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2002,
Brisbane, May 2002
- Diagnosis and solution of resonant whirl on a steam
turbine generator , Proceedings 2nd Asia-Pacific
Conference of Systems Integrity and Maintenance, ACSIM2000,
Nanjiang, China, August 2000
Condition monitoring by performance analysis –other plant
- Is your control room data telling you what you think
it is ?, Proceedings of International Conference
of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2005, Hobart, June 2005 (reprinted
in ASSET MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE JOURNAL, Oct 2006; and MAINTENANCE & ASSET
MANAGEMENT, UK Autumn issue, 2007, and at MARCON2008, Knoxville)
- Condition monitoring by performance analysis , 11th
Annual Conference, Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals,
Indianapolis, November 2003
- Condition monitoring of heat exchangers , Proceedings
of COMADEM2000, Houston, USA, December 2000
- Condition monitoring of fossil-fueled boilers , Proceedings
2nd Asia-Pacific Conference of Systems Integrity and Maintenance,
ACSIM2000, Nanjiang, China, August 2000 (also published in MAINTENANCE
JOURNAL V14, No3, July 2001, and in MAINTENANCE & ASSET MANAGEMENT,
Vol 17 (6), 2002)
- Improving thermal efficiency in a fossil-fueled power
station , INT-PEC99 – The First International
Power and Energy Conference, Churchill 1999
Management issues in MRE
- Back to basics: Synergy adds value to problem solving,Proceedings
International Conference of Maintenance Societies (ICOMS2008)
Fremantle, May 2008
- Thinkers and doers: case study in change of a maintenance
and engineering organization , Proceedings of International
Conference of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2003, Perth, May
2003; reprinted in MAINTENANCE & ASSET MANAGEMENT, UK Winter
issue 2007
- Lessons in condition monitoring from the varsity of
life Proceedings of International Conference of
Maintenance Societies ICOMS2001, Melbourne, May 2001
Teaching MRE
- 20 Years Experience with Postgraduate Off Campus Learning
in Maintenance and Reliability Engineering , Euromaintenance2008,
Brussels, April (Version reprinted in ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE
JOURNAL, April 2008, and MAINTENANCE & ASSET MANAGEMENT,
Oct 2008)
- Experience with education in maintenance and reliability
engineering by off campus learning,Proceedings of
WCEAM (World Congress on Engineering Asset Management/International
Conference of Maintenance Societies, ICOMS2006), Gold Coast,
July 2006
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