@inproceedings{565bdbabd7e2402eac8ef8d1d0c8ef5e,
title = "Condition monitoring of oil and gas pumps and their driving equipment based on acoustic emission techniques",
abstract = "Condition Monitoring of centrifugal pumps and their driving motors based on Acoustic Emission (AE) is briefly presented. AE is acquired on-line on the bearings of the machinery under consideration. The operation of the proposed AE system is based on an extended signal database built using pumps in oil refineries for a time period of 3 years. Faults have naturally developed and been verified after shutting down the pump for internal inspection and maintenance. Faults detected and identified include bearing problems (rolling and journal), imbalance, misalignment, looseness and imbalance due to piping forces. The main advantage of the proposed method is that detected defects can be easily identified with a single reading and therefore trending is no longer necessary since AE alert levels have been defined.",
author = "Papaelias, \{M. Ph\} and F. Papailias and J. Kerkyras and Kerkyras, \{S. C.\}",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781617827891",
series = "Non-Destructive Testing Conference 2009, NDT 2009",
publisher = "British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing",
pages = "18--29",
booktitle = "Non-Destructive Testing Conference 2009, NDT 2009",
note = "48th Annual Conference of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, BINDT 2009 ; Conference date: 15-09-2009 Through 17-09-2009",
}