Fluid seals development for coal liquefaction slurry pumps. Quarterly technical progress report No. 2, 1 January-31 March 1983. [Reciprocating pumps and centrifugal pumps]
A detailed evaluation of the best two centrifugal and reciprocating fluid seal concepts selected in the Task 1 preliminary evaluation was performed. The seal concepts were: (1) hydrostatic orifice compensated pocket floating bushing and (2) hydrostatic tapered bore floating ring. Two different arrangements of the tapered bore floating ring seals for each pump were evaluated. The results indicate that the tapered bore floating ring fluid seals with standard seals on the outboard end have significantly lower total flush fluid leakage than the other concepts for both the centrifugal and reciprocating pump. The slurry side leakage rate is within the three percent of pump flow design goal. The hydrostatic pocket bushing fluid seal slurry side leakage is satisfactory on the centrifugal pump, but exceeds the design goal on the reciprocating pump discharge stroke. The tapered bore floating ring fluid seal concept is recommended for Task 3 due to lower total flush fluid leakage, more practical design, lower initial cost and lower maintenance cost. 20 figs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA (USA). Rocketdyne Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-82PC50030
- OSTI ID:
- 5881348
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/50030-T6; ON: DE85009728
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS
SEALS
COAL LIQUEFACTION PLANTS
PUMPS
DESIGN
EVALUATION
COAL
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL SLURRIES
LEAKS
MIXTURES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLVENTS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
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