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Pumps:Pumps:
Failure Modes Failure Modes and and Ways Ways toto
Investigate the Investigate the CauseCause
Dr. Juergen Dr. Juergen WeinerthWeinerthFriatecFriatec -- Rheinhuette GmbH & Co. KGRheinhuette GmbH & Co. KG
RheingaustrasseRheingaustrasse 96 96 –– 989865203 Wiesbaden, Germany65203 Wiesbaden, Germany
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FRIATEC-Rheinhütte GmbH & Co.KGRheingaustraße 96-98D-65203 WiesbadenGermany
Founded in 1857 as an iron foundry
Tel.: +49 - (0) 611 - 604 - 0Fax: +49 - (0) 611 - 604 - 328
Webpage: www.rheinhuette.deEmail: [email protected]
24h Service: +49 - (0) 172 -7 25 98 51Email service: [email protected]
Employees: 280Turnover: EURO 42 Mio.
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Pumps: Failure Modes and Ways to Investigate the Cause
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Standardized chemical pumps
Magnetic drivepumps
Chemical pumps in heavy duty design
Circulation pumps Vertical chemical pumps
Liquid ring vacuum pump
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Quote Quote from from HansHans--Jürgen BittermannJürgen Bittermannofof Process TechnologiesProcess Technologies: :
Wrong operation and wrong selectioncauses 90 to 95 per cent of pump failures!
Problems can only be avoided if it is understood what caused them!
17.12.2007
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Broken shaft at the coupling end of a vertical pump
Damaged submerged bearings of a vertical pump
Cracked mechanical seal of a axial flow propeller pump
Abnormal increased spare part consumption
Some more pictures...
Case ExamplesCase Examples
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Wrong Operation
Broken Shaft at the Coupling End of a Vertical Pump
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Vertical Pumpfor Hot SulphuricAcid
QPump = 600m³/hH = 30m
99,5% H2SO4T = 220°C
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Complete Metallurgical Analysis of the Shaft
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Wrong Process Operation
Damaged submerged bearings of a vertical pump
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Vertical Pumpfor Ammonium NitrateSolution
QPump = 55m³/hH = 39mT = 157°CNPSHA = 3,5mNPSHR = 3,0m
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Incorrect Operating Data
Cracked Mechanical Seal ofan Axial Flow Propeller Pump
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Axial Flow Propeller Pump QPump = 6000m³/hDN 700 for 9% Phosphoric H = 7mAcid T = 130°CMaterial Alloy 825 (2.4858) P = 13 bar
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Information from the customer:
-Propeller did not turn anymore-Leackage at the mechanical seal
After site inspection:
-Cracked seal ring on atmospheric side-Pump has to be operated at 170°C!
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Abnormal High Spare Part Consumption
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Fertilizer Plant in Norway
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Various horizontal heavy duty chemicalpumps
Nitric andPhosphoric Acid
T up to 135°C
Pumps have been running over 10 years, since 2 years increasedspare part consumption
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Step 1: List of the 5 Items with the highest spare part consumtion(according to the customer)
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Step 2: Preparation of a specific questionnaire sheet
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Information such as:
•Serial-Number•Installed Impeller Diameter•Information Regarding the Fluid•Current Operating Conditions•Pipe Layout
Step 3: Collect information on the plant site
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Analysis:
•Original Data Sheet•Compare the ProvidedInformation•Analysis of the Duty Point
Step 4: Analysis of the information
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Step 5: Current and differential pressure measurements
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Step 6: Analysis of the result and plant visit
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Some more Pictures...
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