Vibration measurement and acceptance criteria as per API 610

Vibrations allowed in centrifugal pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries

What you’ll learn
The students will revisit or learn the basic concepts of vibration measurement and vibration analysis related to rotodynamic pumps.
The students will understand the factors which contribute to high vibrations during the performance testing of pumps.
They will learn about the procedures to be followed for data acquisition during the performance testing.
Understand the vibration limits for different types of pumps
They will learn how to interpret the test results and apply the acceptance criteria.

Requirements
Basic engineering knowledge
Basic knowledge of pumps and pumping systems
Acquaintance with basics of vibrations and vibration analysis is helpful.
Field experience is desirable.

Description
This course is about factory performance testing of centrifugal pumps focusing on the vibration measurement and acceptance criteria according to American Petroleum Institute standard 610. This course comprises of the following sections.

Section 1: The introduction to the course. It covers the objective of the course, target audience and the course contents

Section 2 and 3: This section is offered under a separate heading in a separate course especially for those who want to refresh their knowledge of vibrations and vibration analysis and to on factors which can contribute to high vibrations during the factory test,

Section 4: How to prepare for the factory acceptance test, and

Section 5: It covers the vibration measurement and acceptance criteria, its interpretation and application to the factory performance test results.

For critical applications and high-performance pumps and pumping systems used in the petroleum, petrochemical and oil and gas industry, compliance to the requirements of vibration acceptance criteria is of paramount importance. The API standard 610 lays down these requirements in separate tables and provides additional information through cross-referenced clauses. Thus the API 610 standard warrants a thorough understanding of the tables and its reference clauses. Furthermore, the standard requires extensive preparations for meeting these requirements.

The objective of this course is to enable the target audience to

1. Understand in detail the stated and implied meanings of the factory acceptance criteria on vibration limits,

2. Understand how to apply these requirements on the test results,

3. Ensure at the time of inspection and approval the standards stipulations are correctly interpreted and properly applied, and

4. To establish a base line for condition monitoring and reliability program for the plant and equipment.

Who this course is for
Managers, Engineers, Supervisors, and professionals in the process industry, refineries and oil and gas sector
Those responsible for preparation of pumps and pumping systems specifications,
Team members tasked with inspection, testing and approvals of new pumps,
Team members responsible for operations and maintenance,
Condition monitoring and reliability program development engineers,
Those Looking for additional learning and knowledge.