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- 1. Piedmont Chapter PumpVibration Troubleshooting by William D. Marscher, P.E. President & Technical Director Mechanical Solutions, Inc. www.mechsol.com Whippany NJ May 13, 2011
- 2. Piedmont Chapter Open Impeller ShroudedImpeller The Centrifugal Pump (End Suction) Suction Discharge Impeller Shaft Casing Seal Flow Vane Shroud Hub
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- 4. Piedmont Chapter Potential forCavitation from Pressure Depression at Impeller Eye No Cavitation Cavitation
- 5. Piedmont Chapter Time (msec)=> Microphone SPL 85dB Inboard Pressure +/-150 psi pk Outboard Pressure +/-150 psi pk Inboard Accel on Suction Wall +/- 300 G pk Cavitation Event v Scope Traces of Cavitation Event
- 6. Piedmont Chapter Axially SplitCase Dbl. Suction Pump • 180 degree “drip pocket” allows bearing hsg and stuffing box to flex downward due to pressure pulsations, e.g. at 1x or vane pass • Double suction impeller typically equalizes thrust side- to-side, but at off- design is prone to axial shuttling • Suction recirc & cav have been issues
- 7. Piedmont Chapter Boiler FeedwaterRing-Section Pumps “Donut” Pump with Balance Disk • 180 Less robust than barrel pump, but fewer Fn problems. • Designs where thrust disk totally replaces oil lubricated thrust bearing have encountered rub and binding problems during process upsets
- 8. Piedmont Chapter Hero orEnemy? The Thrust Balancing “Disk” Can have rubs at start-up or during severe process transients, may permit “axial shutting”.
- 9. Piedmont Chapter Pacific BFI BarrelPump Barrel Pump with Balance Drum and Stiff Shaft • 180 degree “drip pocket” allows bearing hsg Fn near vane pass • Pedestals weaken with age, structural modes drift into 1xRPM resonance • Diffuser “strong-back” plates can resonate at vane pass
- 10. Piedmont Chapter Pacific RLIJ BarrelPump with Balance Drum, and Thin Shaft • Rotor critical speeds sensitive to Lomakin Effect and therefore wear ring & drum clearances • Pedestals weaken with age, structural modes drift into 1xRPM resonance
- 11. Piedmont Chapter Ingersoll-Rand C BarrelPump with Balance Disk • Balance disk is theoretically prone to “control system” phasing instabilities, causing axial shuttling • Pedestals weaken with age, structural modes drift into 1xRPM resonance
- 12. Piedmont Chapter Worthington WNC BarrelPump with Composite Balance Drum/ Disk • Balance disk portion may have Ax shuttling • 180 degree “drip pocket” bearing hsgs have Fn’s near vane pass • Pedestals weaken with age, structural modes drift into 1xRPM Fn • Develops rotating stall easily at lower flows • Design is particularly prone to thermal differential growth top v. bottom causing rotor binding/ rubs
- 13. Piedmont Chapter Axial SplitCase Pumps: e.g. Bingham MSD Axially Split Case Issues: • Acoustics in x-over • Top casing half “humps, allowing interstage jet leakage • Axial shutting at off- design conditions • High sensitivity of 1st bend mode to center bushing clearance
- 14. Piedmont Chapter Pumps forWastewater Applications • Excitation of structural natural frequencies – 1X, 2X, Vane Pass • Packing vs. mechanical seals • Material selection – ‘Wear’ parts – rings, etc. – ‘Non-Wear’ parts – casings and impellers • Vertical with intermediate shafting • Submersible – Wet pit – Dry pit
- 15. Piedmont Chapter Chemical &Pharmaceutical Process Pumps • Nozzle Loads – Distortion – Stress in non-metallic pumps • Bearings – low precision – Affect on rotor behavior • Baseplates – Flexibility • Seals – Nozzle loads effect on mechanical seals – Packing – over-tightening • Product lubricated bearings in mag drive and canned motor pumps
- 16. Piedmont Chapter Slurry Pumps •Similar issues to process pumps, distortion due to nozzle loads is less • Material selection and specification – Abrasive pumpage – Special coatings and liners
- 17. Piedmont Chapter Vertical TurbinePump (VTP) Issues: • Above ground “Reed Freq” • VFD as a “shaker” • Lineshaft is “violin string” • Shaft enclosure tube Fn’s • Disch nozzle loose joints • Sump vortices or odd flows • Column piping acoustics
- 18. Piedmont Chapter Vertical PumpShaft Thrust Effects
- 19. Piedmont Chapter The “Concept”of Imbalance
- 20. Piedmont Chapter Vibration Problem No.1: 1x Running Speed
- 21. Piedmont Chapter What IsResonance?
- 22. Piedmont Chapter Natural Frequency Vibration& Phase vs. Frequency
- 23. Piedmont Chapter Shaft Responseto Imbalance
- 24. Piedmont Chapter Shaft Responseto Imbalance
- 25. Piedmont Chapter Balance: Singlevs. Two Plane
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- 28. Piedmont Chapter Vibration Problem No.2: 1x & 2x .Running Speed
- 29. Piedmont Chapter Observing Alignment Continuouslywith “Dodd Bars”
- 30. Piedmont Chapter High EnergyDensity Equipment Alignment Limits Speed (rpm) 0 1800 3600 10000 20000 Offset, hub- to-hub, mils 1.5 1.0 0.5 0
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- 32. Piedmont Chapter StationaryPiping Load Sources
- 33. Piedmont Chapter Piping AcousticNatural Frequencies
- 34. Piedmont Chapter “Lomakin Effect” inCentrifugal Pumps
- 35. Piedmont Chapter Concept ofthe “Wet Critical Speed
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- 37. Piedmont Chapter Lomakin Result: CriticalSpeeds Shift Up
- 38. Piedmont Chapter Approximate Calculationof Lomakin Stiffness R= Radius L= Length C= Radial . clearance P=Pressure . drop = fric factor
- 39. Piedmont Chapter Some KeyIssues in Lomakin Effect Strength:
- 40. Piedmont Chapter Wild Cards:Swirl & Grooving
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- 42. Piedmont Chapter Some TypicalExciting Frequencies
- 43. Piedmont Chapter Rolling ElementBearing Parameters
- 44. Piedmont Chapter Rolling ElementBearing Frequencies - +
- 45. Piedmont Chapter Lateral ExcitationForces (Sulzer)
- 46. Piedmont Chapter Vibration Problem No.3: High Vane Pass
- 47. Piedmont Chapter Vibration Problem No.4: High Harmonics of Run Speed
- 48. Piedmont Chapter Marked-up Copyof Pump Curves
- 49. Piedmont Chapter Flow Rateand the “Angle-of-Attack”
- 50. Piedmont Chapter Vane Stallingat Low Flows
- 51. Piedmont Chapter Example ofStalled Blade
- 52. Piedmont Chapter Onset ofInternal Recirculation Discharge Recirculation Suction
- 53. Piedmont Chapter Vibration &Pulsation vs. Flowrate
- 54. Piedmont Chapter An UnexpectedHydraulic Problem: Rotating Stall
- 55. Piedmont Chapter Four StageHigh Speed Boiler Feed Pump
- 56. Piedmont Chapter Rotating StallPulsation Spectrum
- 57. Piedmont Chapter Stall Vibrationvs. Speed
- 58. Piedmont Chapter Vibration Problem No.5: Subsynchronous (below 1x)
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- 60. Piedmont Chapter Rotor Dynamics CriticalSpeeds & Mode Shapes Forced Response Stability
- 61. Piedmont Chapter Rotordynamics IsBest Evaluated by Computer
- 62. Piedmont Chapter Typical RotorVibr. Response vs. Speed Exhibits Several Natural Frequencies
- 63. Piedmont Chapter Avoiding Resonancew/ Campbell Diagram
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- 65. Piedmont Chapter Forward vs.Backward Precession
- 66. Piedmont Chapter Typical TorsionalCritical Speeds and Worst Case Excitations x2/POLES
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- 69. Piedmont Chapter Converting Vibrationvs. Time to Vibr vs. f with “FFT”: Fast Fourier Transform
- 70. Piedmont Chapter Meaning of RMSvs. Peak Vibration
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- 73. Piedmont Chapter Housing vs.Shaft Vibration: Which Should Be Measured?
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- 77. Piedmont Chapter Finding Nat.Freq. Resonances with a “Waterfall” Plot of Stacked FFT’s from Test
- 78. Piedmont Chapter Approximate Identification ofNatural Frequencies
- 79. Piedmont Chapter A ModalField Test In-Progress on an Operating Pump
- 80. Piedmont Chapter Short ForceApplication Excites Wide Frequency Band
- 81. Piedmont Chapter Principle ofTime Averaging
- 82. Piedmont Chapter Rotor ImpactTesting Case History
- 83. Piedmont Chapter 14 Stage AxiallySplit Case Pump
- 84. Piedmont Chapter Time AveragingField Example: Watch the Harmonics Disappear In the End, Natural Frequencies Are Clear
- 85. Piedmont Chapter Impact Test Rotordynamic Result CriticalSpeeds of 14 Stage Pump
- 86. Piedmont Chapter First CriticalSpeed, Dbl. Suction SS Pump
- 87. Piedmont Chapter Sources ofDamaging Forces in Centrifugal Pumps
- 88. Piedmont Chapter Typical Failuresin Centrifugal Pumps
- 89. Piedmont Chapter Risk of AcceptingBad vs. Risk of Rejecting Good
- 90. Piedmont Chapter Stuffing Box& Bearing Skew Case Histories
- 91. Piedmont Chapter Cartridge Pump SealRub Example
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- 93. Piedmont Chapter Double SuctionPump “Breathing” Tilts Stuffing Boxes
- 94. Piedmont Chapter FEA Modelof Twisting Pump Bearing Housing
- 95. Piedmont Chapter Vertical PumpFailure Case Histories
- 96. Piedmont Chapter Typical StructuralVibrations of VTP’s
- 97. Piedmont Chapter Six VerticalPumps on Platform, with Column Exposed to Air
- 98. Piedmont Chapter ______ ___________ | | | | | VerticalPump Column Vibration with & without Water in Column 1xN 1xN | With Water Without Water
- 99. Piedmont Chapter Multistage Pump InboardBearing Chronic Failure Case History
- 100. Piedmont Chapter Pump withInboard Bearing Failures
- 101. Piedmont Chapter Shaft Orbitsof Problem Pump
- 102. Piedmont Chapter Vibration Spectrafor Problem Pump
- 103. Piedmont Chapter Impact TestResults Showing Shaft Critical Speed at 5280 rpm
- 104. Piedmont Chapter “What If”Analysis for Problem Pump
- 105. Piedmont Chapter Bearing GrooveChange from 0.040 in. Deep to 0.010 in. Deep Vibration decreased a factor of ten
- 106. Piedmont Chapter Vibration SpectrumAfter Bearing Fix
- 107. Piedmont Chapter Use ofDynamic Absorbers in Constant Speed Equipment to Decrease Vibration Motion
- 108. Piedmont Chapter Dynamic AbsorberDesign- Vertical Pump/Motor
- 109. Piedmont Chapter Effect ofDynamic Absorber on Vibration
- 110. Piedmont Chapter Gear BoxNoise & Wear Problem
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- 112. Piedmont Chapter Conclusions 1.There’s Moreto Pump and System Vibrations than You Might Expect 2.Keys to Success: Knowledge, Experience, the Right Tools 3.Good Condition-Based Methods & Instrumentation Are Getting Better