PACKING

PACKING
WITH
WITH
SLEEVE
SLEEVE

THROAT BUSH
LANTERN RING
PACKING
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
SEAL
2

Vertical surface wear

Equipment

Scarifying
elements

Single
Singlemechanical
mechanicalseal
seal

Rotary Elements
Carbon ring -1
Snap Ring- 2
O Rings- 3
Springs- 4
Sleeve- 5

Equipment

Stationary Element
Tungsten Carbide ring
Or
Silicon Carbide ring

Double
Double Mechanical
Mechanical seal
seal Bellow
Bellowtype
type

BELLOW

BELLOW

Unbalanced mechanical seal

Carbon ring

Stationary

Product + Springs

Contact face pressure

Product + Springs

Contact face pressure

PRESSURE

>

STRESS

FACE AND SEAT AREA EQUAL 100% BALANCE

Carbon ring
A = Contacted
Surface area

Stationary ring
A

= Contacted

Surface stress

+P =

Product
Spring pressure

F = Acting force

S
P
7

F=S*A

F = P*A

% 100

P*A

S*A

: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)

P (product + spring pressure)

= A1 ( projected area of P)
A ( contacted surface
area)

52 = 100* 0.52 =
%
%Hydraulic balance % is less than 65
8 This Mechanical is prone to leak

cm2

120

cm2 230

Flushing

Quenching

ATMOSPHERE

Circulation
Circulation
CYCLONE

10

Heat control / removal

API Plan 21

11

Circulating
Circulating
liquid
liquid

Barrier
Barrier
fluid
fluid

Quench
Quench
fluid
fluid

12

Tandem Seal
Product
Circulation

Equipment

13

Barrier fluid
Circulation

Tandem Seal
PBF = 1 bar max

Product
Circulation

Pp
Equipment

14

Barrier fluid
Circulation

Barrier fluid
Circulation

Barrier
Barrier fluid
fluid Type
Type
Temperature Range
to
to
to
.to
15

- 90
- 30
+ 20

+ 200

Barrier fluid

120-

Propanol

C
Methanol

90-

30-

Kerosene
or Hydraulic oil
C
0

CL.G.O. or H.G.O

20+