Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B
Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B
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In the event of Nitrogen failure on seal plan 53 A & Plan 53B is it advised to keep the pumps in operation ?
Thanks.
Regards.
Thanks.
Regards.
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Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B
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RE: Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B
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RE: Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B
Certainly operation of the pump cannot continue endlessly without the proper seal buffer. For how long? Up to you again.
RE: Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B
If the pressure on the exterior of a plan 53 is lost, then the only thinkg holding the seal faces together are the springs in the seal, itslef. I would think that you would see seal failure rather quickly (depending on the pressure differential).
GHartmann is correct when he says that you need to consider the containment issues. The plan 53 was selected (probably) to limit exposure of the liquid to the atmosphere (because the whole idea is that nitrogen is pushed into the process when a seal fails, as opposed to process fluid being push to atmosphere when a seal fails).
RE: Pump Seal Plan 53A and Plan 53B