Think Out of the Box: Not All Sea Water Submerged Pump Failures Are Mechanical
Abstract
Outline
-Introduction Offshore to QP Operation
-Background
-Failure History
-Possible Failure Causes (Fish Bone Diagram)
-Submersible Pump Caisson Designs
-Suction Bearing Designs
-Experiment Video & Findings
-Failure Mechanism (Sequence of Failure)
-Conclusions
-Recommendations
Description
Case StudySubject
TurbomachinesCollections
Citation
Al-Baloshi, Hussain; Sudardjat, Isham (2011). Think Out of the Box: Not All Sea Water Submerged
Pump Failures Are Mechanical. Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /172555.