Hydroabrasive wear of work stages of electric-centrifugal well pumps for fluids with high content of mechanical impurities

The equipment of in-pit wells mostly represents electric-centrifugal pumps, and the lifetime of the latter depends on the intensity of hydroabrasive wear of the pumping stages. So, the study of the hydroabrasive wear of electric-centrifugal pumping assemblies and the analysis of engineering solutions capable to extend the lifetime of the pumps meant for fluids with mechanical impurities is of interest in terms of both theory and practice. The procedure and facility for the accelerated lifetime testing of electric-centrifugal pump stages affected by hydroabrasive wear in operation in dewatering wells are described. The main factors to intensify the hydroabrasive wear of the pump stages are the concentration of mechanical impurities in fluids, the hardness, coarseness and shape of abrasive particles, and the mode of an electriccentrifugal well pump. The benchmark testing of the work stages of the pumps revealed the cluster areas of the intense hydroabrasive wear of the pumping stages. It is possible to enhance reliability of the electric-centrifugal well pumps by improving properties of inter-stage packing and optimizing shapes of top discs of the pump diffusers.

Shishlyannikov D. I., Lavrenko S. A., Zverev V. Yu., Muravskiy A. K., Mikryukov A. Yu. Hydroabrasive wear of work stages of electric-centrifugal well pumps for fluids with high content of mechanical impurities. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2023;(7):5-20. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2023_7_0_5.

The studies were supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Project No. FSNM-2023-0005.

D.I. Shishlyannikov¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, Professor, e-mail: dish844@gmail.com,
S.A. Lavrenko, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: Lavrenko_SA@pers.spmi.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1760-310X,
V.Yu. Zverev¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: zvva92@mail.ru,
A.K. Muravskiy¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: gnf@pstu.ru,
A.Yu. Mikryukov¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: mec@pstu.ru,
¹ Perm National Research Polytechnic University, 614990, Perm, Russia.

S.A. Lavrenko, e-mail: Lavrenko_SA@pers.spmi.ru.

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