Condition monitoring of exhaust system blowers using infrared thermography

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 512-515

  Bagavathiappan, S ^a   Saravanan, T ^a   George, N P ^a   Philip, John ^a   Jayakumar, T ^a   Raj, Baldev ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bearings; Belt; Blower; IRT; Motor; Passive; Shaft

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONDITION MONITORING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THERMOSTATS; VENTILATION;

BEARINGS; BELT; BLOWER; DRIVE SYSTEMS; ENERGY LOSSES; EXHAUST SYSTEMS; FRICTION LOSSES; INFRA-RED THERMOGRAPHY; IRT; MACHINE FAILURES; MACHINE SURFACES; MECHANICAL MACHINING; MOTOR; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEAR PLANTS; PASSIVE; SHAFT; TO MANY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

BLOWERS;

EID: 52649088863     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2008.50.9.512     Document Type: Article

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