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API Circulation Systems

Seals generate heat and require lubrication while face sealing. These systems are used to dissipate this generated heat and cool the seal faces thus extending the seal life

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Flushing Liquid

Fluid which is introduced into the seal chamber on the process fluid side in close proximity to the seal faces typically used for cooling & lubricating the seal faces

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FLUSHING
REMOVES HEAT GENERATED BETWEEN RUBBING FACES. PROVIDES LUBRICATION. INCREASES MARGIN BETWEEN VAPOUR PRESSURE AND STUFFING BOX PRESSURE. KEEPS LIQUID INSIDE STUFFING BOX IN CONSTANT CIRCULATION. IN CASE OF EXTERNAL FLUID FLUSHING - FLUSHING DOES NOT ALLOW ABRASIVES TO REACH SEAL FACES.

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Plan 01

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Plan 01

. Integral (internal) re circulation is from discharge to seal. A connection is made from an area behind the impeller, near discharge to seal chamber. Recommended for clean fluids. Plan 01 (if possible to provide in the stuffing box) is superior to Plan11 for the liquids, which may become viscous or freeze at lower temperature. This minimizes the risk of freezing of the fluids in the piping. Disadvantage - No control on the flush flow rate.

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Plan 02

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Plan 02
The stuffing box is dead-ended (with no circulation of fluid). This plan is preferred plan for the clean and relatively cool liquids having sufficient (at-least 1 kg/cm2) margin between vapour pressure and stuffing box pressure. Care should be taken to vent the stuffing box properly. One 5 mm diameter hole at the topmost position of the throat should be provided for venting purpose. Depending on the requirement cooling or heating is provided in the stuffing box jacket.

For liquids at self ignition temperature API Plan 02 is not recommended.

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Plan 11

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Plan 11

A line with flow control orifice is connected from the discharge side of the pump into the gland flush connection. It is default seal flush plan.

Orifice must be sized properly.

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Orifice

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Mechanical seal Calculation Sheet

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Plan 13

Horizontal Pump

Orifice From Seal

Suction
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Vertical Pump
From Seal

Plan 13

Orifice

Suction
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Plan 13

A line is connected from the gland, through a flow control orifice, to the suction piping. It is standard flush plan for vertical pumps where stuffing box pressure is equal to discharge pressure. In this plan liquid moves away from the seal face instead of impinging on to it ( API Plan 11) and the stuffing box pressure reduces making the seal more comfortable.

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Plan 14
MEDIA FROM DISCHARGE TO SEAL CHAMBER THRU ORIFICE.

MEDIA FROM SEAL CHAMBER TO SUCTION THRU ORIFICE.

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Plan 14

It is combination of Plan 11 and Plan13.It is mostly used for vertical pumps handling volatile liquids. In Plan 13 because of throat bush, pressure in the seal area may drop and liquid may vaporise. Plan 11 provides cool fluid to the seal area whereas Plan 13 provides complete venting in the seal area.

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Plan 21

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Plan 21
A line with orifice is connected from the discharge side of the pump through a flow control orifice and cooler into the seal chamber. It provides cool flush to the seal. This plan is the best for liquids at self ignition temperature. In the event of seal leakage , cool liquid will continue to reach seal faces as long as the pump is running ensuring that hot liquid does not come out. The disadvantage is that heat loss is more, also cooling water requirement is high.

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Plan 23

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Plan 23
In this plan process fluid is recirculated with the help of a pumping ring in the seal chamber through a cooler and back in to the seal chamber.

A Plan 23 flushing system is most effective way of providing a cool flush to the seal faces. In this arrangement fluid in seal chamber is isolated from that in the impeller area of the pump by a throat bush. Use of an internal circulating device to circulate the fluid through a closed loop cooler allows the cooler to continuously cool a recirculated stream rather than a continuous (hot) stream from discharge to seal (Plan 21). The cooler is required to cool the liquid in the loop. Therefore cooler size reduces drastically as compared to Plan 21 cooler. Also the cooling water requirement is much less than Plan 21.
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Coolers for API Plan 21 & 23

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Air Fin Coolers

NATURAL

DRAUGHT

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Plan 23M

Modified API plan by ESSIL

Plan 23: Process liquid through coil & cooling liquid through shell. Plan 23M: Process liquid through shell & cooling liquid through coil

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Plan 23M

Advantages: Vapour Lock : Plan 23 is not self venting Friction loss: More in Plan 23

Heat transfer rate: Much more volume of liquid available in plan 23M to carry out same amount of heat generated. Also increased surface are of shell gives direct heat transfer of conduction & radiation.

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Plan 31

1} Solid Sp.Gravity 2 times media Sp. Gravity.

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Plan 31
Process liquid is recirculated through a cyclone separator to the seal. Solid particles are centrifuged through cyclone separator and sent back to suction. The Plan is specified for services containing solids with a specific gravity at least twice that of the process fluid.

Normally cyclone separators do not remove the solids effectively and cause seal failure. Even if the efficiency of cyclone separator is 92%.about 8% of the finer particles reach to the seal faces. The finer particles can enter between the seal faces and cause damage to the seal.

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Cyclone Separator

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Plan 32

PRESSURE GAUGE

STRAINER

EXTERNAL FLUSH TO SEAL ORIFICE

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Plan 32

Flushing product is brought from an external higher pressure source to the seal.. This plan is excellent for liquid containing solids/ abrasives. The flushing fluid mixes with the product. Therefore it must be ensured that the flushing fluid is compatible with the product. A close clearance throat bush restricts the product to come to the seal area and also increase the pressure margin.
Flushing fluid dilutes the product. Therefore unnecessarily more liquid should not be circulated .

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Strainer

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Plan 41

1} Solid Sp.Gravity 2 times media Sp. Gravity.

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Plan 41

It is combination of Plan 21 and Plan 31. Process liquid is recirculated through a cyclone separator and cooler to the stuffing box. The plan is recommended for hot liquids containing solids. Specific gravity of the solid particles should be at least twice that of the process fluid. Solid particles are centrifuged through cyclone separator and sent back to suction. If the process liquid is very dirty or is slurry, it may choke the cooler.

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Plan 51

In this plan an external reservoir provides a dead ended blanket for the fluid to the quench connection of the gland.

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Plan 52

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Plan 52
In this plan external reservoir provides buffer fluid for the outer seal of an un-pressurized dual seal arrangement ( Arrangement 2). During operation an internal pumping ring provides circulation. The reservoir is connected to a vapour recovery system and is maintained at a pressure less than the pressure in the seal chamber. It is normally used for the applications where process fluid leakage to atmosphere must be minimised and contained. Plan 52 works best with clean, nonpolymerising pure products that have vapour pressure more than the buffer system pressure. Leakage of higher vapour pressure process liquid into buffer system will flash in the seal pot and escape into the vent system.

Leakage of the process fluid will mix with the buffer fluid and contaminate the buffer fluid over a time. Therefore the buffer fluid must be compatible with the process fluid.
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Plan 53

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Plan 53 In this plan external pressurised barrier fluid reservoir provides fluid for to the seal chamber. The Plan 53 is for double back to back seal (Arrangement 3). During operation an internal pumping ring provides circulation. It is normally used for the applications where process no fluid leakage to atmosphere is permitted. The barrier fluid must be pressurised to about 1.5 to 2 kg/cm2 above the pump seal chamber pressure. Inner seal leakage (if any) will be barrier fluid into the product and no process fluid will be allowed to leak in to barrier fluid area. Plan 53 is selected over Plan 52 for dirty, abrasive or polymerising products which may either damage the seal faces or cause problem with the buffer fluid system if Plan 52 was used.
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Plan 53A

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Plan 53B

Pressurised barrier fluid circulation with bladder accumulator. Cooler outside the reservoir.
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Plan 53C

Pressurised barrier fluid circulation with piston accumulator. For Dynamic tracking of system pressure
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Plan 54

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Plan 54 In Plan 54 cool clean product from an external source is supplied. The supply pressure must be at-least 1.5 kg/cm2 greater than the pump seal chamber pressure. Plan 54 is used for the fluids where the process fluid is hot, contaminated with solids or both. In Plan 54 care should be taken of barrier fluid system. A contaminated system may cause seal failure. A properly engineered barrier fluid system is typically complex and expensive. Where these systems are properly engineered they provide most reliable system.

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QUENCHING
KEEPS ATMOSPHERE AWAY TOXIC FLUIDS CRYSTALLIZING PRODUCTS CRYOGENIC APPLICATIONS HIGH FREEZING POINT FLUIDS HIGH TEMP. FLUIDS WHICH DECOMPOSE IN CONTACT WITH ATMOSPHERE FLUID HAVING TENDENCY TO BECOME VISCOUS IN CONTACT WITH ATMOSPHERE

ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES
KEEPS AREA OUTSIDE SEALS CLEAN PROVIDES HEATING / COOLING TO SEAL FACES.

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Plan 61

Tapped and plugged connect for purchasers use.

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Plan 62

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Plan 62

In Plan 62, a quench stream is brought from an external source on atmospheric side of the seal faces. The quench fluid can be clean water, steam or low pressure Nitrogen. Quenching is provided to keep atmosphere away. In following conditions atmosphere must be kept away from the seal face.

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Plan 62 1) Toxic fluids 2) Crystallising products.

3) Cryogenic Application.
4) High Freezing point fluids. 5) High temp. Fluids, which decompose in contact with atmosphere. 6) Fluid having tendency to become viscous in contact with atmosphere. Quenching fluid keeps area outside seals clean and provides heating / cooling to seal faces
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Plan 62 Recommended flow rates: Media: Water Flow: 1 lpm Pressure: 0.5 kg/cm2

Media: Steam
Flow: 1 m3/hr Pressure: 0.5 kg/cm2

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Plan 65

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Plan 65 Is a seal leakage detection piping plan normally used with Single seals (arrangement 1) in services where seal leakage is expected to be mostly liquid (not gas) Piping is connected to the drain connection in the gland plate and directs any seal leakage past or through a reservoir/float chamber and then through an orifice exiting into an oil and water sewer or liquid collection system. Excessive flow rates would be restricted by the orifice located downstream of the reservoir/float chamber and are redirected to it, causing the float to lift and activate an alarm.

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Plans for dry containment seals

Plan 71, 72, 74, 75 and 76 are for the dry containment seal. Plan 71, 72 and 74 are similar to Plan 51,52 and 54. Instead of liquid ,gas is provided between the two seals. Plan 75 and 76 are for the leakage collection. Plan 75 is for non volatile liquids and Plan 76 is for volatile liquids.

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Plan 71

This is used in Tandem (Arrangement 2) un pressurized dual seals, which utilize a dry containment seal and where no buffer gas is supplied but the provision to supply a buffer gas is desired. Buffer gas may be needed to sweep inner seal leakage away from the outer seal into a connection system or to dilute the leakage, but it is not specified.

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Plan 72

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Plan 72

Plan 72 is used Tandem (Arrangement 2) un-pressurized dual seals, which utilize a dry containment seal and where buffer gas is supplied. The buffer gas can be used to sweep inner seal leakage away from the outer seal to a collection system and /or dilute the leakage so the emissions from the containment seal are reduced.

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Plan 74

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Plan 74

The system is used on dual pressurized seals (Arrangement 3),where the barrier medium is a gas. They are the gas barrier equivalent to the traditional plan 54 liquid barrier system. The most common barrier gas is nitrogen The supply pressure to the to the seal is typically at least 0.17 Mpa (1.7 bar) (25 ps) greater than the seal chamber pressure. This results in small amount of gas leakage into the pump, with most of the gas barrier leakage to atmosphere. This arrangement should never be used where the barrier gas pressure can be less than the sealed pressure If this were to happen the entire barrier gas system could become contaminated with the pump fluid.

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Plan 74

Plan 74 systems are typically used in services which are not too hot (within elastomer property limits) but which may contain toxic or hazardous materials whose leakage cannot be tolerated. Because they are pressurized dual seal systems, leakage to the system is eliminated under normal conditions. Plan 74 may also be used to obtain very high reliability, since solids or other materials which may lead to premature seal failure cannot enter the seal faces.

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Plan 75

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Plan 75 Systems are typically used on Arrangement 2, unpressurised dual seals, which also utilize a dry containment seal and where the leakage from the inner seal may condense. They may be used with a buffer gas (Plan 72) and without a buffer gas (Plan 71) If an unpressurised dual seal is installed, usually it is because leakage of the pumped fluids to the atmosphere must be restricted more than can be done with an arrangement 1 seal. Therefore a mean is needed to collect the leakage and route it to a collection point. The Plan 75 system is intended to perform this collection for pump fluids that may form some liquid (condense) at ambient temperature

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Plan 76

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Plan 76 System is typically used on arrangement 2, unpressurised dual seals, which also utilize a dry containment seal and where leakage from the inner seal will not condense. They may be used with a buffer gas (plan 72) or without a buffer gas (Plan 71). If an unpressurised dual seal is installed, usually it is because if leakage of the pumped fluid into the atmosphere must be restricted more than can be done with an Arrangement 1 seal. Therefore a means is needed to route the leakage to the collection point. The Plan 76 system is intended for services where no condensation of the inner seal leakage or from the collection system will occur.

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