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For horizontal solids ?handling pump types, the new HI limit will be 0.25 in/sec (below 33 bhp), 0.28 in/sec (above 33 bhp but below
100 bhp), and 0.31 in/sec (for 100 bhp and above), all in the preferred operating range, tested with clear liquids.
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accuracy of the measurements. In general, the vibration probes should be located approximately at the middle of the bearing housing
of between-bearing pumps, near the outer bearing of end suction pumps, and near the top of the motor support for vertical wet pit
pumps. The bearing housing vibration level recorded shall be the maximum of measurements taken in each plane (vertical, horizontal
and axial directions).
9. In order to obtain viable test results, there shall be no suction-related adverse hydraulic phenomena (submerged vortices,
free-surface vortices, preswirl, non-uniform velocity distributions at the impeller eye, entrained gas, cavitation, or flow field variations
with time) present to an extent significant enough to adverse influence the vibration measurements (see figure 3), during vibration
measurements. Also, the coupling alignment shall be in accordance with the pump manufacturers? recommendations, and the nozzle
loads should not exceed the manufacturer?s recommendations.
References:
1. ?Pump User?s Handbook: life extension?, by Heinz P. Block & Allan R. Budris. Second edition, 2006, The Fairmont Press, Inc.
2. ?Rotodynamic Pumps for Vibration Measurements and Allowable Values?, ANSI/HI 9.6.4-2008, Hydraulic Institute.
About the Author: Allan R. Budris, P.E., is an independent consulting engineer who specializes in training, failure analysis,
troubleshooting, reliability, efficiency audits and litigation support on pumps and pumping systems. With offices in Washington, NJ,
he can be contacted via e-mail at budrisconsulting@comcast.net.
Correction: The April Pump Tips column included an incorrect statement on NPSH Margin. The sentence should have read: For
High and Very High Suction Energy pumps, pump reliability increases with increasing values of the Net Positive Suction Head
Margin (NPSH-Margin, which is defined as the NPSH-Available by the System divided by the NPSH-Required from the pump).
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