Hello,
I am at a coal fired power plant and we have theses huge circulating water pumps that run at about 500RPM's. Recently water got through the packing and was being introduce into the outboard bearing housing. This caused us to wipe a bearing and we needed to make the proper repairs. Is there anyway we could of avoided this problem.
Questions:
-Is there any automated way that water can be sensed and a valve will open and dump the water (would this be recommended)?
-Should a external slinger be used to redirect water that is riding up the shaft?
-Have you had similar problems and how was it resolved?
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