CONTACT:
Robert McKee
 Machinery Vibration
   Services
 (210) 522-3000
 E-mail: rmckee@swri.org
 


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KEY TERMS:
 reciprocating pump
 operation
 field support
 pump design
 pump performance
 plant piping systems
 design
 pump cylinder
 evaluation
 Pipeline and
 Compressor
 Research Council
 Design Facility
GMRC
 reciprocating pump
 services

Machinery Vibration Services
 Reciprocating Pump Support Services

 

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Reciprocating pump analysis is provided in the design and operational stages.

To minimize downtime and potential failures and resolve reciprocating pump system problems when they first become apparent, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provides quick-response field and consultation services and a full range of field engineering services to measure, analyze, and correct problems affecting safe, reliable reciprocating pump operation, such as:

  • Rotor dynamics analysis

  • Finite element models

  • Computational fluid dynamic analysis

  • Pulsation simulations

These services are supported by continuing research and development programs that allow the Institute to stay abreast of industry needs.

The Institute is known worldwide for its work in the design of pump and plant piping systems through operation of the Gas Machinery Research Council (GMRC) Design Facility. Services include:

  • Measurement of fluid-induced pressure pulsation, shaking forces, and vibration

  • Measurement of vibration response and dynamic stress in plant piping systems

  • Design of pulsation accumulators, dampers, and acoustic filters for existing pump installations

  • Dynamic analyses of foundations, structures, offshore platforms, skids, etc.

  • Thermal flexibility analyses of piping systems for prediction of piping stresses and machine flange loading

  • Calculations of transient and steady-state torsional critical speeds and forced vibration response

  • Evaluations of pump performance, including pressure drop

  • Determination of cavitation

  • Valve dynamics studies

  • Noise analysis

Industrial Reciprocating Pump Problems

SwRI has the necessary test instrumentation and field analysis techniques to evaluate a broad range of industrial problems. Special-purpose instruments and remote monitoring systems are also available as required.

For more information about machinery vibration services or reciprocating pump capabilities at SwRI, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Robert J. McKee at rmckee@swri.org or (210) 522-3000.


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