The Effect of Hydraulic Forces on the Operation of Centrifugal Turbo-Pump (BFW)

Now a day many of industries managers confess that condition monitoring in a production plant is of the essence. Over the last years many of directors and managers in various industries have had a consensus to establish CM department in their plants and empower it in order to reduce production expenditures. What you will read hereunder is one of the experiences in ZPC about BFW pump (P-1501) which is the second most important machines in the plant and can cause black shut down over the plant. Many of days passed and we monitored this machine to find the fault and eliminate it.

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BFW (Boiler Feed Water) pump , Blade , spectrum , nozzle valve , phase angle , thermography , vibration