PACKING

PACKING THROAT BUSH

LANTERN RING
WITH
WITH
PACKING
SLEEVE
SLEEVE
FOLLOWER
GLAND

SLEEEVE

Equipment

Wear is on *
the sleeve
1
Horizontal Surface wear Shaft wear

Equipment

Now it essential to find a solution to avoid shaft wear,

Such as finding another surface of another parts to be
worn but easy and cheap to be replaced, It is the
MECHANICAL
2
SEAL
 Vertical surface wear Scarifying
elements

Equipment

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 Single
Singlemechanical
mechanicalseal
seal
Rotary Elements Stationary Element
Carbon ring -1
Snap Ring- 2 Tungsten Carbide
O” Rings“ - 3 ring
Or
Springs- 4 Silicon Carbide ring
Sleeve- 5

Equipment

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 Double
Double Mechanical
Mechanical seal
seal Bellow
Bellowtype
type

BELLOW BELLOW

5
Unbalanced mechanical seal

Carbon ring Stationary

Product + Springs Contact face pressure

Product + Springs Contact face pressure

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PRESSURE P > STRESS S
 FACE AND SEAT AREA EQUAL 100% BALANCE

Carbon ring Stationary ring

A = Contacted P A
S
A
Surface area

S = Contacted
Surface stress

+ P = Product
Spring pressure

F = Acting force
F=P*A F=S*A

S P*A = S*A
% 100
P
= 7 P = S
: Mechanical seal has the following data
A = contacted surface area = 230 cm2
A1 = ( projected area of P) = 120 cm2
Calculate the hydraulic balance Percentage
SOLUTION

S ( contacted surface stress) 120

= A 1 ( projected area of cm2
(P =
P product + spring) A ( contacted surface cm2 230
( pressure ( area

= 100 * 0 . 52 =
% 52
% Hydraulic balance % is less than 65
This Mechanical
8 is prone to leak
 Flushing Quenching

ATMOSPHERE

9
Circulation
Circulation

CYCLONE

10
 Heat control / removal

API Plan 21

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Circulating
Circulating Barrier
Barrier
liquid
liquid fluid
fluid

Quench
Quench
fluid
fluid

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Tandem Seal
Product Barrier fluid
Circulation Circulation

Equipment

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 Tandem Seal
PBF = 1 bar max

Barrier fluid
Product Barrier fluid
Circulation Circulation
Circulation
Pp
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Barrier
Barrier fluid
fluid Type
Type

Temperature Range Barrier fluid

0
to - 90 C Propanol 120 -
0
to - 30 C
Methanol 90 -
0
to + 20 Kerosene
C or Hydraulic oil 30 -
0
. to + 200 L.G.O. or H.G.O
C 20 +

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