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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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