Centrifugal Pump Operation, Maintenance, and Reliability
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Date
2018
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Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Abstract
Repair Specs, use, in house repair specs
Lube oil storage and usage
Mechanical seals and bearings issues
Pump monitoring how are we doing this and how do we want to do this
Craft training precision maintenance
Best practices for pump maintenance; Back pullout vs. pulling entire pump:
Open bearing housings vs sealed wet sump
Seal plan which was not expected wrong for the application
Preventive/predictive technologies
Off design operation
Mean time between failure (MTBF), other KPIs how do we measure, and how do we use the metrics
How to create pump reliability in an unreliable plant
Seal-less versus sealed pump reliability, canned motor pumps versus mag drive pump reliability
Mechanical Integrity Inspections of VS 6 pumps in hydrocarbon service
Seals in light hydrocarbon service operations, risk, leak response, maintenance
Pump predictive/preventive maintenance program elements philosophy, frequencies.
Measures of effectiveness of preventive and predictive programs for pumps
Roles of operations and maintenance/reliability in improvements and data collection
Reliability experience with liquid versus non contacting gas seals applications
Maintenance philosophy for pumps what constitutes best practices
Spare parts OEM versus non-OEM
Repairs OEM versus non-OEM service facilities
Pump foundation, alignment and pipe strain influence of reliability
Impact of corporate purchasing alliances on pump reliability
a. Repair facilities alliances
b. New equipment purchasing alliances
Repair techniques and material improvements
Portable and on-line monitoring impact on reliability
Wireless monitoring impact on reliability and risk of failure
Optimization of thrust bearings configuration
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