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Electro Mechanical Pressure Compensator?
Seeking some knowledge/suggestions: I basically need a Pressure Compensator, which will be sited in a dry space (hub) in a sub sea application. But I don't really want to use the ACTUAL pressure of the sea on compensator, as that would mean additional penetrations, which I need to avoid, OR...- JamesFCE
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- Forum: Fluid Power engineering
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Failure Modes of a Hydraulic Pressure Compensator?
I'm planning to use an off the shelf pressure compensator (from Sub-Atlantic, Tecnadyne or similar) to bring the pressure in an oil filled cavity 0.5 bar higher than the seawater pressure on the other side of a seal. Can anyone advise of the likely failure modes of such a spring based pressure...- JamesFCE
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- Forum: Fluid Power engineering
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Failure Modes of a Pressure Compensator?
I'm planning to use an off the shelf pressure compensator to bring the pressure in an oil filled cavity 0.5 bar higher than the seawater pressure on the other side of seal. Can anyone advise of the likely failure modes of such a spring based pressure compensator? Cheers james.- JamesFCE
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- Forum: Mechanical engineering general discussion
