Fault diagnosis of pumps through vibration analysis

Abstract EN

Maintenance of plant and equipment is an area of activity, which in recent decades has received a lot of attention from management consultants, because the cost associated with machinery maintenance is a major portion of operating expenses.

Moreover, the system service life can be extended if suitable maintenance policy has been adopted.

Vibration analysis is used as a predictive maintenance tool in a wide variety of industrial areas, especially for rotating and reciprocating machines.

In this paper, vibration analysis is applied for more than 20 pumps in Aden Refinery Company.

A set of measuring instruments has been installed and measurement of vibration signals has been taken from an accelerometer placed at different positions.

These signals are analyzed, and the results obtained indicate the importance of this technique in the detection of pump faults.