REDUCING HIGH VIBRATION OF UNIT-1

COOLING TOWER C BY VIBRATION ANALYSIS

METHODE AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

Andisyah Purdanto
Condition Monitoring Analyst (Mechanical Rotating)
Star Energy Geothermal (Wayang Windu) Ltd

STAR ENERGY GEOTHERMAL (WW) LTD

Located 40 km south of Bandung

Unit-1 : 110 MW
Unit-2 : 117 MW

Cooling Tower Unit-1 :

- Counter Flow
- 8 cell

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U1 COOLING TOWER

Electric Motor

Drive shaft

Fan Hub

Fan (8)

Fan stack
Gearbox
Torque Tube

Wooden Structure

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Background
To Improve CT realiability & thermal performance, some equipment replaced :
Fan Hub (replaced)

Electric Motor
Drive shaft (replaced)
(replaced)

Fan (replace and add 2 fan)

Fan stack
Gearbox
(replaced)
Torque Tube

Wooden Structure

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Background

Gearbox
Dominant frequency : 9 Hz & 15.5 Hz

Motor Dominant frequency : 9 Hz

Equipment

Before
replacement

After
replacement

Gearbox

2.3 (mm/s pk)

8.19 (mm/s pk)

Motor

9 Hz & 16 Hz : suspected structure & torque tube resonance

M1V 3.06

8.21

M1H 3.01

2.56

M1A 3.25

5.35

M2V 3.03

5.46

M2H 2.88

1.23

M2A 5.27

7.09
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FRF (Frequency Response Function) Test

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FRF (Frequency Response Function) Test

Gearbox Horizontal

Motor Torque Tube Vertical

Gearbox Structure Horizontal

Motor Torque Tube Axial

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ODS

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ODS

9.5 HZ

15.5 HZ

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Dynamic Analysis of Torque Tube / Structure

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Dynamic Analysis of Torque Tube

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Dynamic analysis Torque Tube

1st Mode Shape = 12.14 Hz

2nd Mode Shape = 15.5 Hz

Torque Tube Model Validation

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Dynamic AnalysisTorque tube Constrain of Exitation Load

Torque Tube Model Validation

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Modification

#5

#1

#2

#4

#5

#3

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Comparison
Comparison of vibration after modification (micron pk-pk)

Comparison of percentage of reduction after modification (micron pk-pk)

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Comparison
#4

#5

9.5 Hz

9.5 Hz

#4

#5

16 Hz

16 Hz

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Dynamic Analysis of Structure

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Mode Shape

1st Mode shape 9.93 Hz

9th Mode shape 15.84 Hz

No

Mode

FRF (Fn) Hz

Model (Fn) Hz Error (%)

1st

9.5

9.98

<1

9th

16

15.75

1
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Dynamic analysis Structure constrain of exitation load

No

Load

Freq
(Hz)

Measured
micron pk-pk

Model
micron pk-pk

Error
(%)

Axial

9.5

69

69

Horizontal 16

88

88

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Purpose Modification
Modified Torque Tube

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Frequency Response to Single Load

Viibration after modification, micron pk-pk
No

Position

Before

After

Axial (9.5Hz)

69.11

8.51

87.69

Horizontal (16Hz)

88

12.59

85.69

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Frequency Response to Multiple Load

No

Position

Before

After

Axial (9.5Hz)

69.11

8.77

87.31

Horizontal (16Hz)

88

13.96

84.14

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Vibration After Running (Motor)

Pos. Of
Meas

Before

After (1)
14:00

After (2)
10:00

M1V

8.19

1.85

2.28

M1H

2.41

1.31

1.65

M1A

8.91

2.26

6.36

M2V

6.68

1.63

3.29

M2H

1.58

1.12

1.36

M2A

8.96

2.70

5.47

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Vibration After Running (Gearbox)

Pos. Of Meas Before

After (1) 14:00

After (2) 10:00

G1H

3.5

3.8

8.19

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Thank You...

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