What is the significance of industrial centrifugal pumps

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Significance of Centrifugal Pumps
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Introduction

• Centrifugal Pumps are the most popularly used due
  to their Smooth flow rate, Range of capacity,
  Design simplicity and Ease of maintenance and
  operations.
• These pumps are expensive, and their repair or
  replacement is a cost burden for the business.
• Since they are an integral part of operations in
  most industries, their down time leads to huge
  revenue losses.

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Usage of Centrifugal Pumps in various Industries

• Water desalination plants Centrifugal Pumps are
  most efficient at transporting solid containing
  sea water for the purpose of desalination.
• Mining industry In mineral processing precious
  minerals are separated from gangue and bitumen by
  centrifugal pumps. These pumps also help to
  process the minerals and are also used to
  transport the slurries and solid-containing
  fluids that accumulate during the mining process.
• Petrochemical plants As centrifugal pumps are
  robust they help to transfer flammable and
  valuable petrochemical products. The production
  of plastics, rubbers, and dyes is also done
  through well-designed centrifugal pumps.

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Common causes for the damage of Centrifugal
Pumps

• Seal damage resulting in Leakage.
• Bearing failure due to incorrect lubrication,
  misalignment, improper maintenance or high
  temperature of the pumped liquid.
• Impeller failure due to improper heat treatment,
  poor surface finish or insufficient radial
  clearance between impeller and volute casing.
• Fracture of shaft and cracks due to Corrosive
  environment.

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Solution

• To avoid these damages that result in downtime
  which will eventually lead to loss of revenue for
  these large-scale industries, it is best to
  continuously monitor operational parameters of
  the Centrifugal Pumps.
• However manual monitoring and inspection is
• Expensive
• Not Accurate
• Non-Comprehensive

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Technology Solution

• For Centrifugal Pump stakeholders such as
  manufacturers, rentals, users or Support teams
  pump monitoring can be done easily and remotely
  through IIoT based application. Such an IoT
  platform for these IIoT integrated smart pumping
  solutions comprise of three significant parts
• Sensors, including cables and junction boxes
• Data collection device
• Monitoring/analysis software
• The sensors work to pick data from different
  hardware which is then relayed using
  GPRS/Internet/ Ethernet etc to a web-based
  application which stakeholders can access on
  their smart devices such as phones, laptops, and
  computers.

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Benefits of the IIoT Solution

• The IIoT Platform will allow close yet remote
  monitoring of following types of data
• Vibrations/ Noise Main reasons for excessive
  noise are impeller damage, misalignment, worn-out
  bearing, bent shaft or lack of prime. The IIoT
  platform helps to monitor noise levels and
  associated data.
• Temperature A centrifugal pump gets overheated
  due to faulty packing or bearing, misalignment,
  and obstruction in delivery line. When the IIoT
  platform picks data on temperatures crossing the
  ideal threshold, corrective measures can be
  taken.
• Gap between the impeller and Pump Housing This
  gap is an indication of Wear and tear of impeller
  blades leading to reduced pump efficiency and
  eventual plant downtime. As the impeller wears,
  the gap between the impeller and the pump housing
  increases.  Data regarding this gap can be
  collected easily through appropriate sensors used
  in the IIoT Platform.

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