Pumps in upgraders at Suncore Energy in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada are equipped with EagleBurgmann HRZS1/80 mechanical seals.
Operating conditions: p = 11.38 bar (165 PSI); t = 92.2 °C ... 182.2 °C (198 °F ... 360 °F).
Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in China applies a BB2 pump for propane de-asphalting. The shaft seal is an EagleBurgmann SHV1/102-PTA1/2. Configuration 2CW-CW, piping plans 21+52.
Operating conditions: p = 73 barg (1,059 PSIG); t = 165 °C (329 °F); n = 2,970 min-1.
For a KSB pump installed in the delayed coker unit, the Indian Panipat refinery applied EagleBurgmann pusher seals LL9DTUU in tandem arrangement.
Operating conditions: p = 23.5 bar (340 PSI); t = 40 °C (104 °F); n = 2,900 min-1; d1 = 58 mm (2.28"). Media: hydrocarbons.
Bhel compressor in the delayed coker unit of the Panipat refinery run by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. The machine is equipped with EagleBurgmann DGS20.1/200 tandem gas seals and a diaphragm coupling.
Operating conditions: p = 6 barg (87 PSIG); t = 150 °C (302 °F); n = 8,909 min-1; d1 = 180 mm (7.09"). Medium: flue gas.
An EagleBurgmann MFLWTS1/83 seals the shaft of a Leistritz screw pump in the de-asphalting unit of the ENI refinery in Sannazzaro de Burgondi, Italy. Pump and metal bellows seals were started up in 2006.
Operating conditions: p = 1.87 bar (27 PSI); t = 274 °C (525 °F); n = 1,700 min-1; d1 = 75 mm (2.95"). Medium: asphaltene.