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Double mechanical seal for hydrocarbon pumps
IIRC, it may depend where you are in the world, and be driven by regulatory requirements - if you are subject to tight fugitive emissions standards then you may need a double seal to achieve acceptable containment of the normal sealing flow across the primary face. (But I may be victim of...- drc3
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- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
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Hot oil circulation pumps Mechanical seal failures API plan 62
Hmmm, interesting, there I was hoping to find some helpful information about hot oil pump experience from other sites only to find a colleague has posted our problems here already! Anyway, to fill in a few gaps on the background as a first time poster: Site is in the remote desert, with no...- drc3
- Post #7
- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
