Economic Centrifugal Gas Compressor Evaluation
Economic Centrifugal Gas Compressor Evaluation
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Does anyone have any comparative reliability data for centrifugal gas compressors with dry v's wet seals?
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RE: Economic Centrifugal Gas Compressor Evaluation
With reference to your compressor question, my experience indicates that wet seal type once working correctly are much more reliable, the number of times i have heard of contaminated dry seals causing expensive plant shutdown is suprising.
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Dave1
RE: Economic Centrifugal Gas Compressor Evaluation
as long as the buffer gas source and instrumentation around the seal is well designed ...then the seal should be ok ...buffer gas should have a dual filter element before going to seal ....
as the trend is to opt for dry seals as opposed to the classic wet film ...i start hearing og mag bearings versus lubed ones.....
cheers !