Feedwater Systems Reliability Users Group Annual Meeting January 20-23, 2014 Feedwater Pump Thrust Bearing Failure Presented By: Kurt J. Weis Rotating.

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Feedwater Systems Reliability Users Group Annual Meeting January 20-23, 2014 Feedwater Pump Thrust Bearing Failure Presented By: Kurt J. Weis Rotating Equipment Repair, Inc. 1

Pump Specifics Pump Mfg: Delaval Pump Model: 1BSX1524 Discharge Pressure: 1700 FT Flow: GPM Speed: 4234 RPM 2

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Summary September 2006: Pump was last overhauled September 2007: Pump speed was increased 1000 rpm because of companion pump failure. Thrust bearing temperature increased significantly and alarmed. Pump was brought back to normal speed but thrust bearing temperature remained higher than normal. November 2008: Pump started experiencing higher vibration levels February 2009: Vibration level hit a warning limit of 0.325In/sec. It was decided to replace the outboard journal bearing and thrust bearing at the next opportunity. March 2009: The pump was tripped due to high thrust bearing temperature. The outboard bearing housing was disassembled. The outboard side of the thrust bearing was completely destroyed. The outboard bearing journal and thrust bearing were replaced and the pump was returned to service with still elevated thrust bearing temperature and vibration levels. 9

Summary Continued A corrective action report was written. With help from the thrust bearing manufacturer is was determined that the 0.188” diameter oil inlet orifice was only allowing 3.5GPM to the thrust bearing. The required flow rate is 5.0GPM. It was decided to increase the inlet supply pressure from 14psig to 18.5psig. This lowered the thrust bearing temperature and allowed the unit to make it to the refueling outage. During the outage the oil path within the bearing housing was milled wider to increase the amount of oil to the thrust bearing. September 2009: The pump was started coming out of the outage. The thrust bearing drain temperature had decreased 16°F compare to pre-outage. December 2009: The thrust bearing fails again. 10

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Summary Continued Pump failure is highly visible to plant management. The following consultants were brought in: Pump OEM Bearing OEM Independent Engineering Firm Independent Hydraulics Engineer Rotating Equipment Repair 19

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Causes Considered Insufficient Oil Supply Thrust Loading due to Pipe Stress Thrust Loading due to Pump Thermal Growth Foreign Material in Oil Supply Foreign Material in Water Supply Impeller to Diffuser Misalignment 21

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