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Center Centrifugal Compressor
Greeting all, we have a center centrifugal compressor with a seal oil system has PDCV SET @ 35 PSIG above the suction pressure. Why we need a seal oil system , the Mechanical Seal is it enough to do the sealant ? Why we keep it above the suction pressure not the discharge pressure? what will...- zayed eid
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- Forum: Mechanical Seal engineering
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Compressor seal oil setting
I have some thing I would like some one to explain to me. we have a centrifugal compressor with suction pressure 150 PSI and the discharge is 560 PSI. The setting for the seal oil PDCV is 35 PSI above the suction pressure. Why the setting for the PDCV is connected with the suction pressure ? the...- zayed eid
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- Forum: Gas compression engineering
