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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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420 <strong>Centrifugal</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong>: <strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Application</strong><br />

Table 17-6 Continu<strong>ed</strong><br />

Checklist for Identifying Causes for Seal Leakage<br />

SYMPTOM<br />

SEAL DRIPS<br />

STEADILY<br />

SEAL SQUEALS<br />

OWING OPERATION<br />

CARBON OUST<br />

ACCUMULATES ON<br />

OUTSIDE OF GLAND<br />

PLATE<br />

SEAL LEAKS<br />

SHORT SEAL LIFE<br />

POSSIBLE CAUSES<br />

0 SECONDARY SEALS NICKED<br />

OR SCRATCHED DURING<br />

INSTALLATION<br />

0 Q-RINGS OVERAGED<br />

0 SECONDARY SEALS HARD<br />

AND BRITTLE FROM<br />

COMPRESSION SET<br />

0 SECONDARY SEALS SOFT AND<br />

STICKY FROM CHCMCIAL<br />

ATTACK<br />

0 SPRING FAILURE<br />

0 HARDWARE DAMAGED BY<br />

EROSION<br />

0 DRIVE MECHANISMS<br />

CORRODED<br />

0 AMOUNT OF LIQUID<br />

INADEQUATE TO LUBRICATE<br />

SEAL FACES<br />

0 AMOUNT OF LIQUID<br />

INADEQUATE TO LUBRICATE<br />

SEAL FACES<br />

O LIQUID FILM EVAPORATING<br />

BETWEEN SEAL FACES<br />

0 NOTHING APPEARS TO BE<br />

WRONG<br />

0 ABRASIVE FLUID<br />

CORRECTIVE PROCEDURES<br />

0 REPLACE SECONDARY SEALS<br />

0 CHECK FOR PROPER LEAD IN CHAMFER i<br />

REMOVE ANY BURRS<br />

0 CHECK FOR PROPER SEALS WITH SEAL<br />

MANUFACTURER<br />

0 CHECK WITH SEAL MANUFACTURER FOR<br />

OTHER MATERIALS<br />

0 REPLACE PARTS<br />

0 CHECK WITH SEAL MANUFACTURER FOR<br />

OTHER MATERIALS<br />

0 ADO BY -PASS FLUSH LINE<br />

0 ENLARGE BY -PASS LI 1C ANO/OR<br />

ORIFICES IN GLAND PLATE<br />

0 ADO BY-PASS FLUSH LINE<br />

0 ENLARGE BY -PASS FLUSH LINE ANO/OR<br />

ORIFICES IN GLAND PLATE<br />

0 IF CHAMBER PRESSURE IS HIGH, CHECK<br />

SEAL DESIGN WITH SEAL MANUFACTURER<br />

0 REFER TO LIST UNDER 'SEAL DRIPS<br />

STEADILY-<br />

0 CHECK FOR SQUARENESS OF CHAMBER<br />

FACE TO SHAFT<br />

0 PROPERLY ALIGN SHAFT, IMPELLER.<br />

GEARING ETC. TO PREVENT SHAFT<br />

VIBRATION ANO/OR DISTORTION AT<br />

GLAND PLATE ANO MATING RING<br />

0 PREVENT ABRASIVES FROM<br />

ACCUMULATING AT SEAL FACES<br />

0 ADO BY-PASS FLUSH LINE<br />

0 USE ABRASIVE SEPARATOR<br />

0 ABRASIVE MATERIALS<br />

BUILDING UP AT<br />

ATMOSPHERIC SIDE OF SEAL<br />

0 ADD A LIQUID OR STEAM QUENCH<br />

0 SEAL RUNNING TOO HOT<br />

0 EOUIPMENT MECHANICALLY<br />

OUT-OF-LINE<br />

0 INCREASE COOLING TO SEAL FACES<br />

0 INCREASE BY-PASS FLUSH LINE FLOW<br />

0 CHECK FOR OBSTRUCTED FLOW IN<br />

COOLING LINES<br />

0 ALIGN— CHECK FOR RUBBING OF SEAL<br />

ON SHAFT

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