Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging
Pumps have a wide range of applications. Methods for fault detection of motors are increasingly being used for pumps. In the context of this paper, a test bench is built to investigate circulation pumps for faults. As a use case, the fault of impeller clogging was first measured and then examined wi...
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| description | Pumps have a wide range of applications. Methods for fault detection of motors are increasingly being used for pumps. In the context of this paper, a test bench is built to investigate circulation pumps for faults. As a use case, the fault of impeller clogging was first measured and then examined with the help of motor current signature analysis. It can be seen that there are four frequencies at which there is an increase in amplitude in case of a fault. The sidebands around the supply frequency are in particular focus. The clogging of three and four of a total of seven channels leads to the highest amplitudes at the fault frequencies. The efficiency is reduced by 9 to 15% in case of faulty operation. These results indicate that the implementation of fault detection algorithms on the pump electronics represents added value for the pump operator. Furthermore, the results can be transferred to other applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ba75ce5f0ed4c918957157a2bdf66742023-11-20T18:39:08ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-10-011021755010.3390/app10217550Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller CloggingVincent Becker0Thilo Schwamm1Sven Urschel2Jose Alfonso Antonino-Daviu3University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Schoenstraße 11, 67659 Kaiserslautern, GermanyUniversity of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Schoenstraße 11, 67659 Kaiserslautern, GermanyUniversity of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Schoenstraße 11, 67659 Kaiserslautern, GermanyInstituto Tecnológico de la Energía, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, SpainPumps have a wide range of applications. Methods for fault detection of motors are increasingly being used for pumps. In the context of this paper, a test bench is built to investigate circulation pumps for faults. As a use case, the fault of impeller clogging was first measured and then examined with the help of motor current signature analysis. It can be seen that there are four frequencies at which there is an increase in amplitude in case of a fault. The sidebands around the supply frequency are in particular focus. The clogging of three and four of a total of seven channels leads to the highest amplitudes at the fault frequencies. The efficiency is reduced by 9 to 15% in case of faulty operation. These results indicate that the implementation of fault detection algorithms on the pump electronics represents added value for the pump operator. Furthermore, the results can be transferred to other applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/21/7550impeller faultsimpeller cloggingpermanent magnet motorFourier transformationcondition monitoringcirculation pump |
| spellingShingle | Vincent Becker Thilo Schwamm Sven Urschel Jose Alfonso Antonino-Daviu Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging Applied Sciences impeller faults impeller clogging permanent magnet motor Fourier transformation condition monitoring circulation pump |
| title | Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging |
| title_full | Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging |
| title_fullStr | Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging |
| title_short | Fault Investigation of Circulation Pumps to Detect Impeller Clogging |
| title_sort | fault investigation of circulation pumps to detect impeller clogging |
| topic | impeller faults impeller clogging permanent magnet motor Fourier transformation condition monitoring circulation pump |
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