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API Plan 03
API Plan 03
Circulation between the seal chamber and the pump created by the design of the seal chamber. Flush connections plugged.
A Taper bore design of seal chamber
B Flush connection plugged
Seal chamber details
1 Flush (F), plugged (for possible future circulating fluid or for venting on vertical pumps)
2 Quench (Q)
3 Drain (D)
4 Seal chamber
Example seal: EagleBurgmann APItex-S single pusher mechanical seal.
P&ID according to API
Key
1 Flush (F), plugged (for possible future circulating fluid or for venting on vertical pumps).
Features
- Does not need any external piping.
- Cooling of the mechanical seal and venting of the seal chamber is a function of the geometry or flow enhancement features of the seal chamber.
Application
- Pumps with taper bore seal chamber and without throat bushing.
- Applications where mechanical seal heat generation is not very significant.
- Applications where solids may tend to collect in a traditional cylindrical bore seal chamber.
- Generally used for ANSI pumps – with Category 1 seals.
Remarks, checkpoints
- Not to be used with cylindrical bore seal chambers.
- Exercise caution for applications involving high seal chamber temperatures as well as pressures.
Pump media characteristics
- Suspended solids
- Low temperature and pressure
Location, function
- Process side
- Lubrication
Configurations
1CW-FL, 1CW-FX, 2CW-CW, 2CW-CS, 2NC-CS, 3CW-FB, 3CW-BB, 3CW-FF, 3NC-FB, 3NC-BB, 3NC-FF
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