FogHorn Case Studies Pump Cavitation Detection

	Pump Cavitation Detection FogHorn

Pump Cavitation Detection

FogHorn

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Edge Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Machine Condition Monitoring
Challenge	Cavitation is a condition can occur in centrifugal pumps when there is a sudden reduction in fluid pressure. Pressure reduction lowers the boiling point of liquids, resulting in the production of vapor bubbles if boiling occurs. This is more likely to happen at the inlet of the pump where pressure is typically lowest. As the vapor bubbles move towards the outlet of the pump where pressure is higher, they rapidly collapse (return to a liquid state) resulting in shock waves that can damage pump components. Read More
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Solution	An intelligent edge solution can ingest pump sensor data in real-time and apply mathematical equations on the incoming data to identify any significant changes in pressure and alert operations personnel before damage occurs. It can also send a signal to the main system to automatically move the flow of the fluid to a different pump to prevent damage and reduce maintenance and downtime costs associated with pump cavitation. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Alarms For Automated Applications, Asset Status Tracking, Downtime, Fluid Pressure, Maintenance Requirements Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Edge Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Machine Condition Monitoring

Challenge

Cavitation is a condition can occur in centrifugal pumps when there is a sudden reduction in fluid pressure. Pressure reduction lowers the boiling point of liquids, resulting in the production of vapor bubbles if boiling occurs. This is more likely to happen at the inlet of the pump where pressure is typically lowest. As the vapor bubbles move towards the outlet of the pump where pressure is higher, they rapidly collapse (return to a liquid state) resulting in shock waves that can damage pump components.

Customer Name

undisclosed

Solution

An intelligent edge solution can ingest pump sensor data in real-time and apply mathematical equations on the incoming data to identify any significant changes in pressure and alert operations personnel before damage occurs. It can also send a signal to the main system to automatically move the flow of the fluid to a different pump to prevent damage and reduce maintenance and downtime costs associated with pump cavitation.

Data Collected

Alarms For Automated Applications, Asset Status Tracking, Downtime, Fluid Pressure, Maintenance Requirements

Impact #1	[Process Optimization - Real Time Alerts] An intelligent edge solution can ingest pump sensor data in real-time and apply mathematical equations on the incoming data to identify any significant changes in pressure and alert operations personnel before damage occurs.
Impact #2	[Cost Reduction - Maintenance] FogHorn's solution enables customer to reduce maintenance and downtime costs.

Impact #1

[Process Optimization - Real Time Alerts]
An intelligent edge solution can ingest pump sensor data in real-time and apply mathematical equations on the incoming data to identify any significant changes in pressure and alert operations personnel before damage occurs.

Impact #2

[Cost Reduction - Maintenance]
FogHorn's solution enables customer to reduce maintenance and downtime costs.

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Pump Cavitation Detection

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