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| Title: | Condition monitoring of reciprocating air compressor using IR thermography |
| Authors: | Singh, S S
Singh, A K |
| Keywords: | Finite element analysis
Infrared
Thermograph
Thermocouple
Steady state |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | The
usage of IR thermography as an effective condition monitoring tool on
reciprocating air compressor has been studied. The technique allows monitoring
of temperatures and thermal patterns while the equipments are running. The
compressor cylinder fins tip temperatures are measured using infrared gun and
thermocouple and have been further analysed by finite element method. Based on
experiments and finite element analysis, equation is generated for internal
surface temperature rise in the compressor cylinders due to running of the
compressor. The analysis involved correlating the surface temperature with that
obtained by finite element analysis. It is, further, highlighted in the paper
that as the compressor under study does not cater for any kind of temperature
measurement to analyse the performance of compressor, thermal imaging of such
equipments can be beneficial in analysing the health of the equipments by
acquiring thermal images over a specified interval of time which could be time
specific. |
| Page(s): | 35-41 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1041 (Online); 0019-5596 (Print) |
| Source: | IJPAP Vol.49(01) [January 2011]
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