Pumps in upgraders fitted with cartridge seals
Canada

Pumps in upgraders fitted with cartridge seals

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).

Explosive media safe on the right place
China, Mainland

Explosive media safe on the right place

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.

Heavy hydrocarbons safely sealed with pusher seals
India

Heavy hydrocarbons safely sealed with pusher seals

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.

Delayed coker unit equipped with tandem gas seals
India

Delayed coker unit equipped with tandem gas seals

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.

Metal bellows seals used in a screw pump
Italy

Metal bellows seals used in a screw pump

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.