Predictive Maintenance by Using Ultrasound Technique for Rotating Equipments in Thermal Power Plants

Abstract

This thesis proposes an ultrasound condition monitoring technique to determine the condition of rotating equipments and deals with detection of fault conditions based on measurements of ultrasound made on rotating machines in Garri-4 power plant. Features data, from different case studies, were analyzed and used to give results to define the machine condition. The results indicated that the ultrasound technique is accurate method for the inspection of rotating machines in various mechanical systems. By using ultrasound technique, rotating equipments condition was identified accurately and its faults were detected during the operation before the failure occurred.