Sealed shafts of a horizontal pump
Mexico

Sealed shafts of a horizontal pump

In the distillation unit of a Mexican refinery in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, EagleBurgmann type MFLWT80/75 metal bellows seals seal the shafts of Sulzer horizontal pumps.

Operating conditions: p = … 9.42 bar (137 PSI); t = 175 °C (347 °F); n = 3,560 min-1. Media: hydrocarbons

Expansion joints fitted for refinery application
Australia

Expansion joints fitted for refinery application

An Australian refinery has been fitted with a cold wall gimbal expansion joint (d = 1,067 mm (42")) and a tied universal single expansion joint (d = 889 mm (35")).

Operating conditions: p = … 4.14 bar (60 PSI); t = 750 °C (1,382 °F). Medium: flue gas.

Mechanical seals for residual oil pumps
Germany

Mechanical seals for residual oil pumps

EagleBurgmann MFLWT80S3/90 sealing Byron Jackson pumps supplied to API 682 Plan 02 + 54 by an EagleBurgmann SPA 3020/A22 supply system.

Operating conditions: t = 332 °C (630 °F); p = 8.5 bar (123 PSI). Medium: residual oil.

Metal bellows seals in destillation unit
India

Metal bellows seals in destillation unit

EagleBurgmann seal type Y14D64TC with supply system to API 682 Plan 11 and 62 running successfully in a KEPL centrifugal pump in the distillation unit of Kochi Refineries Ltd., India, since 2002.

Operating conditions: p = … 9.6 bar (139 PSI); t = 42.3 °C (108 °F); n = 3,550 min-1; d1 = 100 mm (3.94"). Media: hydrocarbons + hydrogen fluoride

Metal bellows seals for visbreaker unit
India

Metal bellows seals for visbreaker unit

Kochi Refineries Ltd., India applying in their visbreaker unit EagleBurgmann metal bellows seals Y14D52C with a supply system to API 682 Plan 32 + 62 in an Ebara centrifugal pump.

Operating conditions: p = … 8.9 bar (129 PSI); t = 247 °C (477 °F); n = 1,780 min-1; p1 = 75 mm (2.95"). Medium: vacuum residue.

Secure sealing of flue gas
United States

Secure sealing of flue gas

EagleBurgmann high-end standpipe expansion joint installed in a refinery in Texas, USA.

Operating conditions: p = … 6.89 bar (100 PSI); t = 510 °C (950 °F); d = 1,170 mm (46"). Medium: flue gas.

Triple solution for a centrifugal pump
Mexico

Triple solution for a centrifugal pump

Since 2002, a refinery in Minatitlan, Veracruz, Mexico, has been using the EagleBurgmann H75K/90 together with a TS6050 seal supply system and WDK5120 cooler according to API 682 Plan 21 + 52 in a Sulzer centrifugal pump for distillation.

Operating conditions: p = … 17.89 bar (259 PSI); t = 247 °C (477 °F); n = 1,780 min-1; d1 = 75 mm (2.95"). Media: hydrocarbons with traces of H2S).

Bottom pump-around pump equipped with metal bellows seals
Oman

Bottom pump-around pump equipped with metal bellows seals

MFLWT80F2/85 mechanical seals with a WEL air fin cooler to API 682 Plan 21 are installed in a bottom pump-around pump from Sulzer in the distillation unit of the Sohar refinery in Oman.

Operating conditions: p = ... 4.19 barg (60 PSIG); t = 278 °C (532 °F); n = 1,475 min-1; d1 = 68 mm (2.68”). Medium: gas oil.

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