Hello,
This is with regards to Centrifugal pump operations and maintenance. We have a few Centrifugal pumps in our plant that pumps chemicals, heavy density fluids, viscous fluids etc.. How do we constantly ensure that the pump is in good condition? Is there any kind of predictive maintenance tool to constantly monitor the health of the centrifugal pump? Is there any International standards pertaining to health check of Centrifugal pumps ( e.g API,)? Is there any procedure that can be shared?
The other issue is, sometimes the pump behaves well when tested in water and on that assumption, we start to run using some viscous fluid and it does not match the performance. Is there a way, we can check that the pump capability is not good while testing with water?
Is there some kind of non-invasive method we can do to check that the volute and the impeller has not worn out instead of opening up the pump to check these parameters. Is there an international standard mentioning about the tolerance of the Volutes and impellers ( such that beyond certain corrosion, the pump properties will change) or should it come from the manufacturer of the pump?
Any form of help is very much appreciated.
This is with regards to Centrifugal pump operations and maintenance. We have a few Centrifugal pumps in our plant that pumps chemicals, heavy density fluids, viscous fluids etc.. How do we constantly ensure that the pump is in good condition? Is there any kind of predictive maintenance tool to constantly monitor the health of the centrifugal pump? Is there any International standards pertaining to health check of Centrifugal pumps ( e.g API,)? Is there any procedure that can be shared?
The other issue is, sometimes the pump behaves well when tested in water and on that assumption, we start to run using some viscous fluid and it does not match the performance. Is there a way, we can check that the pump capability is not good while testing with water?
Is there some kind of non-invasive method we can do to check that the volute and the impeller has not worn out instead of opening up the pump to check these parameters. Is there an international standard mentioning about the tolerance of the Volutes and impellers ( such that beyond certain corrosion, the pump properties will change) or should it come from the manufacturer of the pump?
Any form of help is very much appreciated.