[Truncated abstract] Centrifugal pumps are the most prevalent, electrically powered rotating machines used today. Each pump is designed to deliver fluid of a given flow rate at a certain pressure. The point at which electrical energy is converted most efficiently into increased pressure is known as the Best Efficiency Point. For a variety of reasons, pumps often operate away from this point (intentionally or otherwise), which not only reduces efficiency, but also increases the likelihood of premature component failure. Acoustic emissions (AE) are high frequency elastic waves, in the range of 20-2000kHz, released when a material undergoes localised plastic deformation. Acoustic emission testing is the process of measuring and analysing these stress waves in an attempt to diagnose the nature and severity of the underlying fault. AE sensors mounted on the surface of a machine or structure also detect any stress waves generated within the fluid being transmitted through to the structure. Unfortunately, attempts to detect incipient component faults in centrifugal pumps using acoustic emission analysis have been complicated by the sensitivity of AE to a pump?s operating state. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to determine how acoustic emission monitoring could be used to identify the hydraulic conditions within a pump. Data was collected during performance tests from a variety of small end-suction pumps and from one much larger double-suction pump. A system was developed to collect, process and analyse any number of AE features (be they related to discrete AE events, or due to the continuous background AE level) from continuously operating equipment. ... Unfortunately, results from smaller pumps were less conclusive, particularly at low flows, probably due to the relatively small changes in hydraulic energy across the range of flows, and consequent sensitivity to the testing process. However, even in these pumps consistent patterns in hit energies were observed resulting in the conclusion that low to medium flows in centrifugal pumps are typified by a very large number of very low energy (VLE) events. These decrease in number and increase in energy as flow approaches BEP and/or is reduced to very low flows. High flows above BEP are marked by an absence of these VLE events, with bursts having significantly higher energies and spread over a much greater range. Unfortunately, these VLE events are too small to affect averaged trends, indicating that further work on a suitable filter is required. vi

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Bibliography: leaves 182-188. / by Juan J. Manzano-Ruiz. / Ph.D.

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As South Africa's electricity consumption increases, Eskom is promoting Demand Side Management (DSM) to aid control of both the electricity consumption and its more effective usage, thereby delaying the need to construct new power stations, which pose large economic and environmental problems. Eskom has investigated various DSM strategies, such as load shifting, co-generation, alternative fuels and energy efficient processes, and has targeted the areas of load shifting and energy efficiency as prime areas for energy savings as they are relatively inexpensive and easy to implement. Pumps and fans form a large part of the industrial load. By improving the power usage of these devices with the use of variable speed drives, large energy savings may be achieved. To enable the energy usage of industrial loads to be evaluated, a test bed system which enables a variable speed drive to be loaded with a configurable load, was constructed. The test bed system forms a tool for evaluating and demonstrating the energy savings that are possible, by replacing fixed speed drives with variable speed drives when controlling the flow rate of pumps and fans. Results from the test bed system show that by using variable speed operation of pumps and fans, some energy savings are achievable when compared to existing methods of flow control. The achievable energy savings are dependent on the system properties and the duty cycle of the pump or fan system. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.

Thesis (MTech (Mechanical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011 / Smart (SMA-Shape Memory Alloy) Technology continues to advance rapidly as engineers move closer to and understand better the industrial and commercial needs for SMA. As a matter of fact, all types of products, which exercise some type of control over their function, are rapidly making their way into the marketplace [36] Nonetheless, nowhere has been evidence in the development of a SMA impeller. Unlike traditional impellers with no control over their function and sometimes fixed angle of attack, this paper demonstrates numerical investigations using analytical algorithms (Matrix laboratory programming and excel spread sheet) and advanced computer simulation package, Engineering Fluid dynamics (EFD) into the feasibility of using a smart impeller to study the performance of a pumping system and the best angle of attack for a Shape Memory Impeller. Primarily, Bench mark data and dimensions are obtained from a standard centrifugal pump run on a FM21 demonstration unit. Using the same standard centrifugal pump, and keeping all other dimensions the same but altering the angle of attack, EFD simulations where made. From analytical algorithm and EFD comparison, it was evident that the best angle of attack is 12 degree at the outlet angle with respect to the inlet angle. From EFD results, it is palpable that, by increasing the angle of attack from 35 degree to 45 degree at the outlet there will be huge increase in flow rate by 63.47% There is also a slight decrease in the impeller Torque from 35 degrees to 42 degrees by 0.72%. It is economically feasible to work at an outlet angle of 42 degrees due to increase in efficiency of 62.1% and a drop in torque of 0.72% by varying the outlet angle from 35 degrees to 42 degree. Understanding how critical actuator design is, it should be suggested that any shape memory impeller should never be used in critical components without a prior history of thermal and mechanical loading. Therefore, a NiTi impeller constitutive model can be designed, with impeller blades made from NiTi plates, trained to remember its best angle of attack (Martensitic phase). NiTi shape memory metal alloy (plates-blades) can exist in a two different temperature-dependent crystal structures (phases) called martensite [9](lower temperature-normal pumping condition) and austenite [9] (higher temperature or parent phase-trained best angle of attack.)

As bombas centrífugas com vedações à base de gaxetas possuem uma boa eficiência, porém impõem ao sistema de bombeamento, perdas do produto recalcado. Estas são variáveis que norteiam fatores relacionados às condições físicas do equipamento, como por exemplo, o desgaste excessivo das buchas, falta da regulagem adequada e até mesmo o porte das bombas. O objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi identificar e quantificar os vazamentos provenientes das vedações das bombas centrífugas que operam em regime permanente e propor a substituição do sistema de vedação com gaxetas por sêlos mecânicos com maior eficiência, na Estação Elevatória de Água Tratada de Itaquera pertencente à empresa SABESP Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo, localizada na Avenida Virgínia Ferne, n 1036 - Itaquera, na cidade de São Paulo. Pôde-se observar com os resultados, que o investimento é totalmente amortizado a partir do 4 ano de operação do selo mecânico, bem como a economia com os vazamentos de água e energia elétrica. O novo dispositivo mostrou-se eficaz na questão de implantação e manutenção, sendo que cabe um investimento inicial a ser disponibilizado pela empresa interessada. / The centrifugal pumps with sealing based on gaskets have a good efficiency, but, impose to the pumping system, losses of product to be pumped. These ones, are variables that guide related factors to physical condition of equipments, for example, exceeding wearing of the sleeves (wad), and a lack of a proper adjustment and even the pumps size. The main objective of this research was to identify and quantify the leakages originated from the sealing of centrifugal pumps which operates in permanent regime, at Lifting Station treated Water of Itaquera, belonging to the company SABESP - Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo, located at Avenida Virgínia Ferne, n 1036 - Itaquera, city of São Paulo. We could find out with the results, that the investment is totally amortized from the 4th year of mechanical sealing operation, as well as the economy with the leakages of water and electrical energy. The new device has shown efficiency in implementation and maintenance, and an investment should be made by an interested company due to its efficiency.

Orientador: Antonio Carlos Bannwart / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica e Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T23:41:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bragantini_MauroFernando_M.pdf: 5693941 bytes, checksum: bef9d874ab134a24eff92a6991db0e51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: As bombas centrífugas submersas (BCS) são largamente empregadas para elevação artificial de petróleo, sendo, na sua configuração básica, acionadas por motores elétricos. Os motores elétricos são o elo mais sensível deste equipamento, apresentando baixo MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), ocasionando intervenções custosas para o seu reparo e/ou substituição nas plataformas off-shore de produção de petróleo. O acionamento da BCS por outro meio é uma alternativa para aumento deste MTBF e a utilização de uma turbina hidráulica como força motriz uma possibilidade já viabilizada tecnicamente. Os produtos existentes no mercado, neste arranjo, BCS+Turbina, são denominados de HSP (Hydraulic Submersible pump). Devido às características construtivas da BCS, múltiplos estágios em série, diâmetro externo reduzido e acoplamento direto com o acionador, o projeto da turbina deve ser alinhado com estes requisitos. Este trabalho investiga a definição da carga de certa BCS bombeando óleo, analisa os diferentes métodos de predição do comportamento desta mesma BCS funcionando como turbina como opção de acionamento, estabelece as condições de projeto deste arranjo, o constrói, o ensaia e compara os resultados com as metolodogias de predição pesquisadas / Abstract: Bore-hole electrical submersible pumps (ESP) are largely used as oil artificial lift alternative. Electrical motor is the most sensitive component of this equipment presenting low MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) causing high cost operations to fit or replace it on oil production off-shore platforms. ESP driving by another mean is an alternative to increase MTBF and a hydraulic turbine as driver is a technical possibility already available. Market existing products on this arrangement are called HSP (Hydraulic Submersible pump). Due to ESP constructive characteristics like multiple stages, reduced bore-hole diameter and direct coupled to the driver the turbine design should meet these requirements. This work investigates certain SP (Submersible Pump) load when pumping oil and the different prediction methods of this same SP running as turbine as drive option, also establishes the design conditions of this arrangement, builds it, tests it and compares the results against the researched prediction methodologies / Mestrado / Explotação / Mestre em Ciências e Engenharia de Petróleo

[pt] A produção de petróleo é geralmente acompanhada pela produção de água, que pode estar presente sob forma livre e emulsionada. As emulsões podem ser encontradas em quase todas as fases de produção: nos reservatórios, nos poços produtores, nas facilidades de produção, nos dutos de transporte, no processamento e no armazenamento O sistema de Bombeio Centrifugo Submerso (BCS) é um dos métodos utilizados na indústria para a elevação de petróleo para campos localizados tanto em terra como em mar. Ainda que seja o método de elevação artificial mais apropriado para a produção de petróleo quando há elevada produção de água, a eficiência da bomba é bastante reduzida quando há manuseio de misturas de água e óleo e a formação de emulsões. Este trabalho teve como objetivo o estudo do cisalhamento aos quais os fluidos estão expostos durante a passagem por um estágio de uma Bomba Centrífuga Submersa e seus efeitos no grau de emulsificação da mistura de água e óleo. Foi construído um aparato experimental composto por dois discos, um giratório e um fixo. Ao escoar através destes a mistura de fluidos sofre deformação cisalhante e extensional e seu grau de emulsificação, isto é, tamanho médio e distribuição dos diâmetros de bolhas, é medido a montante e a jusante do dispositivo. / [en] Oil production is usually associated with the production of water, which may be found as a continuous phase or as a dispersed phase, in emulsions. Emulsions may be found in almost all the production stages: in reservoirs, production wells, production facilities, pipelines, in processing and in storage. The Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) is one of the methods employed in the industry to lift oil from fields located on land as well as at sea. Though this is the most appropriate artificial lift method for oil production when a considerable amount of water is produced, a pump’s efficiency is a greatly reduced when mixtures of water and oil are handled and emulsions begin to form. This paper intends to study the shearing imposed to fluids when flowing through a stage in a Electric Submersible Pump, and its effects in the degree of emulsification of the water and oil mixture. An experimental device was assembled consisting in two disks, one that spins and the other fixed. When flowing through them, a mixture of fluids is subjected to shearing and extensional deformation, and its degree of emulsification, i.e.: the average size and the bubble diameter distribution, may be measured upstream and downstream from the device.

Orientador: Antonio Carlos Bannwart / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica e Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T07:33:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paternost_GuilhermeMiranda_M.pdf: 4957872 bytes, checksum: 34efcf3e5536aa84d89fa2b289df6cee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O bombeio centrífugo submerso (BCS) é o segundo método de elevação artificial mais utilizado em poços de petróleo no mundo. Nestes poços, o equipamento está sujeito à influência de fluidos viscosos e à presença de gás livre, os quais impactam significativamente seu desempenho já que este é resultado da dinâmica de fluidos nos impelidores e difusores da bomba. Historicamente, devido ao escoamento de gás e de fluidos viscosos se tratarem de situações distintas, as maiorias dos estudos realizados analisam estes fenômenos separadamente vistos a complexidade e particularidades existentes de cada. O objetivo deste trabalho é a realização de um estudo experimental de avaliação do desempenho de uma bomba centrífuga sob os dois fenômenos, onde foi mensurado o impacto e a interação das principais variáveis que afetam seu desempenho. Para isto, foi construída uma bancada experimental constando de uma bomba centrífuga do tipo voluta, permitindo medir seu desempenho com água e fluido viscoso juntamente com os efeitos de fração de vazio, diâmetro de bolha e pressão de entrada. Foi também avaliada uma proposta existente de mapeamento do comportamento de uma bomba centrífuga operando com escoamento monofásico em função de números adimensionais que traduzem os efeitos combinados da viscosidade e da rotação. Foram sugeridas modificações e correlações baseadas nesta proposta e seus resultados comparados aos dados experimentais obtidos / Abstract: The Electrical Submersible Pumping (ESP) is the second most commonly used artificial lift method worldwide, being responsible for the highest amount of total fluids produced (oil and water). In wells using this method, the equipment may be subjected to viscous fluids and free gas flow, both affecting pump performance since it is a result of the fluid dynamics inside its impellers and diffusers. Generally, since the presence of free gas and liquid viscosity are independent phenomena, most studies so far have examined their effect separately due to their complexity. The purpose of this experimental study is to take another step towards understanding the performance of a centrifugal pump under these two phenomena, measuring the impact of the main variables involved. A testing rig consisting of a centrifugal pump of volute type was built, where its performance was measured with the varying effects of viscosity, void fraction and rotational speed / Mestrado / Explotação / Mestre em Ciências e Engenharia de Petróleo

The master thesis deals with design for casting mould of an impeller wheel for investment casting lost wax and machining technology with utilization CAD software SolidWorks 2008 and CAM software PowerMill 9. Subsequent verification of machining on vertical machining center MCV 1210. At the end, techno-economic evaluation is done.