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Plan 01 Single Seals Plan 02 Plan 11 Plan 13 Plan 14

What What What What What

seal
end view
Internal seal seal
end view
Dead-ended seal
end view
Discharge flush seal
end view
Suction flush with seal
end view
Discharge and
chamber flush seal chamber with orifice orifice suction flush with
orifice
Why Why Why Why
Heat removal Simplicity Heat removal, Heat removal, Why
vapor margin venting Heat removal,
Where Where venting
Custom seal Enlarged seal Where Where
chamber chamber General Vertical pumps Where
applications Vertical pumps

Plan 21 Single Seals Plan 23 Plan 31 Plan 32 Plan 41

What What What What What

seal
end view
Discharge flush seal
end view
Pumping ring seal
end view
Discharge flush seal
end view
External clean seal
end view
Discharge flush
through orifice flush through through cyclone flush through cyclone
and cooler cooler separator separator and
Why cooler
Why Why Why Heat removal,
Cooling High efficiency Heat removal, solids removal Why
cooling solids removal Cooling, solids
Where Where removal
Hot service Where Where Dirty process,
Hot service, boiler Dirty process paper pulp Where
feed water Hot service with
solids

Plan 52 Dual Seals Plan 53A Plan 53B Plan 53C Plan 54

What What What What What

seal
end view Unpressurized seal
end view Pressurized barrier seal
end view Pressurized seal
end view Pressurized barrier seal
end view Pressurized barrier
buffer fluid fluid circulation barrier fluid fluid circulation with fluid circulation by
circulation through through reservoir circulation with piston accumulator external system
reservoir bladder
Why accumulator Why Why
Why Isolate process Isolate process fluids Isolate process
Backup seal fluids Why fluids
Isolate process Where
Where Where fluids Hazardous fluids, Where
High vapor pressure Hazardous fluids, dynamic tracking of Hazardous fluids
fluids, emissions low pressure Where system pressure
Hazardous fluids,
high pressure

Plan 71 Gas Seals Plan 72 Plan 74 Plan 75 Plan 76

What What What What What

seal
end view
Unpressurized seal
end view
Unpressurized seal
end view
Pressurized barrier seal
end view
Drain to liquid seal
end view
Vent to vapor
buffer chamber buffer gas gas control system collector and recovery

for proper orientation

control system vapor recovery

Drain - see end view

Why Why Why
Back up seal Why Isolate process Why Leakage collection
Backup seal fluids Leakage collection
Where Reservoir located Where
Hydrocarbon Where Where below seal drain port Where Non-condensing
service, emissions, Hydrocarbon Hazardous fluids, Condensing leakage, emissions
future Plan 70 service, emissions, emissions leakage, emissions
series use commonly used
with Plan 75 or 76

Plan 62 Quench Seals Plan 65 Good Piping Practices Single Seals Dual Seals
high point vent
What What What Plan 23 shown Plan 53A shown
seal External quench seal
External drain on Minimize line losses Minimize flow
end view
on atmospheric end view
atmospheric side restrictions in piping
side Use large diameter tubing system
for proper orientation
Drain - see end view

Why
Why Detection of
Only upward sloping lines Why
Horizontal Horizontal
Vertical Equipment Equipment
Vertical
Prevent solids seal failure Use long radius bends Optimum flow rates Equipment Equipment
buildup for best piping 1.5 - 2 ft.
Where Minimize component losses plan performance (0.45 - 0.6 m)
1.5 - 2 ft.
(0.45 - 0.6 m)
Where Remote locations, Optimize for thermosyphon
Hot hydrocarbon, critical services Where
caustic Check rotation direction Closed loop auxiliary
systems with internal
Test for leaks flow induction, good low point drain low point drain
practice everywhere 3 ft. (0.9 m) max 4 ft. (1.2 m) max

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