Failure Modes of a Hydraulic Pressure Compensator?

JamesFCE · Apr 12, 2011

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 compensator?

http://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/sub-atlantic/hydraulic-compensators-for-rovs-27362-213528.html

Cheers

James.

MikeHalloran · Apr 12, 2011

A mere half a bar differential may not be enough to energize some types of seal.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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Failure Modes of a Hydraulic Pressure Compensator?

JamesFCE

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