Pioneering Innovation in Optical Fiber Sensing Pioneering Optical Fibre Sensing Case Study: Subsea pump Pump Condition Monitoring 2007-2010 © Smart Fibres Ltd 1 Partners: Smart Fibres, Flowserve, SKF, Teledyne ODI Project Sponsor: Shell Upstream Americas – Deepwater Platform: Subsea twin-screw pump and motor Objective: Develop fibre optic condition monitoring Why fibre: Harsh environment, no subsea electronics © Smart Fibres Ltd 2 18 motor temperature sensors © Smart Fibres Ltd 3 Pump lube oil pressure & temperature © Smart Fibres Ltd 4 Bearing housing tri-axis acceleration © Smart Fibres Ltd 5 Bearing condition monitoring (with SKF) © Smart Fibres Ltd 6 Bearing loads match FE model within 5% © Smart Fibres Ltd 7 10 kHz raw data. Odd signal on one r

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