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Introduction To Dry Gas Seals
Introduction To Dry Gas Seals
PROCESS CAVITY
Mark Slotnick/Sales Engineer
Introduction to DGS
Journal Carbon
Bearing Seal
• Saves Energy
• Mating Ring
– Tungsten/Silicon Carbide
• Primary Ring
– Carbon/Cranite 2000
• Hardware
– 410SS/316SS/Hasteloy/other
• Springs
– Hastelloy C
Operating
principals
Operating principals
UNIDIRECTIONAL BIDIRECTIONAL
SPIRAL GROOVE SPIRAL GROOVE
Operating principals
OUTER
LAND
DIAMETER
SPIRAL
GROOVE
GROOVE
DIAMETER
INNER
DIAMETER
ROTATION RELATIVE
TO PRIMARY RING
Operating principals
Direction of Rotation
Gas is induced
towards the
center.
S P
Compression
Expansion
Gas Film
Spring Load Pressure
+ Hydrostatic Distribution
Operating principals
Increased Gap
FC >FO
FC FO
CLOSING FORCE OPENING FORCE
S P
Gas Film
Spring Load Pressure
+ Hydrostatic Distribution
Operating principals
Reduced Gap
FC < FO
FC FO
CLOSING FORCE OPENING FORCE
S P
Gas Film
Spring Load Pressure
+ Hydrostatic Distribution
Operating Principals
20 Combined Stiffness
(Hydrostatic & Hydrodynamic)
10
0 1 2 3 4 5 gap (mm)
Operating Principals
.8
.7
GAS EXPANSION
.6 HEAT REMOVAL
.5
.4
.3
VISCOUS SHEAR
HEAT GENERATION
.2
.1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 gap mm
Dry Gas Seal in Operation
C-STEADY Analysis
Seal
arrangements
Dry gas seals: AT vs XP
28 AT SEAL 28 XP SEAL
PROCESS GAS
SIDE
Polymer
Rings Carrier
Dry gas seal arrangements
SINGLE SEAL
PROCESS CAVITY
BEARING CAVITY
Bearings Process
Gas
SECONDARY PRIMARY
LEAKAGE LEAKAGE
BEARING CAVITY
PROCESS CAVITY
Dry gas seal arrangements
TANDEM SEAL WITH INTERMEDIATE LABYRINTH
Bearings Process
Gas
SECONDARY PRIMARY
LEAKAGE (N2) LEAKAGE
BEARING CAVITY
PROCESS CAVITY
DGS Arrangements - Double Seal
SEPARATION (N2) SEALING GAS (N2) BUFFER GAS
(PROCESS)
LEAKAGE
(N2)
BEARING CAVITY
PROCESS CAVITY
Pressure: Up To 400 PSIG Temperature: -4 To +400°F
Speed: Up To 660 Ft/Sec. Gases: HCL, Styrene,CO,…Etc.
SERVICE: Toxic and Corrosive Environments
Dry gas seals: AT vs. XP
• Seal selection
• Associated controls
• Operation
Barrier seals - Selection
• Split labyrinth
• Other
Barrier seals - Carbon ring
2ND STAGE BEARING
LEAKAGE BUFFER GAS VENT
GAS SEAL SIDE
BEARING SIDE
Barrier seals - Split labyrinth
BUFFER GAS
2ND STAGE BEARING
LEAKAGE VENT
Barrier seals - comparison