ENGINEERING

TURBINE

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SERVICES
Bearing Failure

What is a bearing failure

What cause a bearing failure
How to identify bearing failure

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Bearing failure

Bearing-related problems are one of the main causes of the turbine generator outage

Bearings are used to prevent friction during relative movement.

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Causes of bearing failure

Excessive bearing load

The force pressing the shaft against the bearing wall, which leads to bearing
overheating.

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Electric Discharge.

A conductor path is created between two points of different potential.

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Improper Lubrication

Inadequate flow/in-sufficient lubrication:- which can result in bearing overheating

Dirty oil:-corrosion by oil contaminants or scoring of the bearing surface and mating shaft
surface

Improper oil temperature:- can also cause high rotor vibration which can damage the
bearing on its own

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High Vibrations

Very high vibration can disrupt the oil film, and the resultant metal-to-metal contact can
quickly wipe the bearing surface

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Bearing failures can be identified by:

by

Change in 1X vibration and phase.

Loaded bearing indicated by a flattened orbit.

Shaft centerline position will change.

The front and rear bearing metal temperature will change because of load / shaft position
change on bearing.

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Filtered Orbit plot

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Shaft center-line

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Thank You

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