Ksb Aktiengesellschaft

Ksb Se & Co. Kgaa

Patrick Thome

Franz Gerhard Bosbach

Alexander Boehm

Holger Rauner

Bjoern Will

Christoph Emde

Ewald Hoelzel

Björn Will

Ewald HÖLZEL

Alexander BÖHM

A method for detecting damage to one or more components of a fluid-conducting device such as a pump assembly, valve or the like uses at least one odor sensor to detect an odor produced by one of the components and transmit an odor profile to an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit compares the odor profile with one or more characteristic odor profiles to determine whether an odor indicative of a degraded component is present. If the detected odor profile matches a characteristic odor profile match, an output signal is generated in an output unit.

Detecting damage using an odor sensor

A flow-conducting component such as a pump impeller is provided. Passages between vanes of the flow-conducting component include notches in the form of transitions between the vane and a common surface, such as a cover disk. The notches include a transition surface having a geometric configuration determined in accordance with a calculated load spectrum along at least a portion of the length of the notch and in accordance with a particular geometric pattern.

Flow-conducting component

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Frankenthal, Germany

Patrick Thome