• Dr.K. Thiruselvam
• Dr.K.R.Padmavathi
• S.Tamizh Selvan
• G.Rathinasabapathi

Pumps are commonly used to transport fluids such as water, sewage, petroleum, and petrochemical products. The pumps can be divided into two general categories, namely dynamic pumps and displacement pumps. The energy, in a displacement pump such as a diaphragm pump, is added to the pumping medium periodically while the medium is contained in a set volume. The capacity of a pump is defined based on the pressure head (in meters) and the maximum delivery flow rate at a specific speed of the shaft. The pump (51WP1) shaft used to pump the water from the cooling tower to cool all the required parts used in this refinery is breaking non-periodically every month or once in two or three months at the edge of the impeller eye. Due to this situation there is a need to make shutdown frequently in the refinery and in turn spending crores of money and frequent replacement of shaft is done. In order to minimise the money spent and shaft replacement, we were asked to find a solution for this problem. Failure analysis was done on several aspects which may cause failure of the shaft.

Centrifugal pump, ANSYS, Petrochemical products, Impeller Eye

"FAILURE ANALYSIS OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP SHAFT USING ANSYS IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no.281-287, April-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRES06066.pdf

"FAILURE ANALYSIS OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP SHAFT USING ANSYS IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no. pp281-287, April-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRES06066.pdf