Up-Stream Pumping - Presentation1
Up-Stream Pumping - Presentation1
Rotate 2006
Conventional Seal
Up Stream Pumping
Flow
Process pressure
Maximum pressure
Up Stream Pumping Concept
Rotation
Up Stream Pumping Seal Movie
JC_usp_standard_06.exe
Up Stream Pumping Seal
Up Stream Pumping rate Vs Speed, viscosity
Support system
Up Stream Pumping
Process
Pressure
Barrier
Atmos
Tandem
Pressurised
double
Eliminates
Up-Stream
Pumping pressurised barrier
fluid
1. Barrier fluid into process Reduced requirement
2. Low barrier pressure of cooling
Up Stream Pumping
APPLICATION ADVANTAGE
Food and drugs No contamination from wear
Fine abrasive slurries Non-contacting faces lubricated by clean barrier fluid
Multiphase/phase Stable barrier fluid maintains lubrication
change
Low lubricity/high Non-contacting faces lubricated by clean barrier fluid
vapour pressure
Variable conditions Zero wear of USP seal plus reduced wear outboard
seal
High speed P.V. heat generation and flush rate reduced
Toxic or hazardous No product leakage to barrier fluid or atmosphere
liquids
Water Injection
Conventional Seal
Water Injection - Effects on the Seal
Upsides
Increased safety
Leakage containment
Condition monitoring
Downsides
More expensive
Requires more
maintenance
Susceptible to scale and
solids
Larger footprint
Complex piping and
cooling
Existing Technology & Application
Test Separator
Shaft Size: 75 mm
Speed: 3600 rpm
Product: Crude Oil & Produced Water
Temperature: 47.8 C
S.G. 0.901 - 1.03
Suction Pressure: 17.59 bar g (Tested to 40 bar)
Discharge Pressure: 35.09 bar g
Barrier Fluid: Filtered seawater
Barrier Pressure: 2 bar g
Barrier Flow Rate: 5 - 10 l/min
Types of design
Barrier Fluid
Process
Fluid
CSTEDY
High Pressure
Up Stream Pressurising
During dynamic
operation, slight convex
thermal rotation occurs.
This balances concave
pressure rotation leading
to a near parallel sealing
gap.
CSTEDY
High Pressure
Up Stream Pressurising
Optimisation of Groove Geometry
Film Thickness
USP
Fluid Pressure
USP
High Pressure
Up Stream Pressurising
Typically 0.002%
of pump flow
USP testing
1. The USP concept allows for a positive clean barrier liquid flow
across the inboard seal face to lubricate and cool at all pump
conditions regardless of the quality of the pumped liquid. This is
especially important in difficult and high performance applications
where the lubricity of the pumped fluid may be in question.
5. To resist the effects of clogging, seal hang-up and abrasion, the seal has a very
smooth outer product wetted surface, which can be improved further with the use of
an excluder.
7. Careful inboard seal designs ensure the seal components are always subjected to
compressive stresses, so giving a very large increase to the factor of safety.
8. The barrier fluid should always be clean, lubricating, and below 15 cP, however
filtered low pressure seawater may be utilized in a positive loss system if appropriate.
.
Summary and Advantages of Up Stream Pumping
9. The reduced power consumption of the USP design greatly reduces heat
generation; scaling effects if present in the pumped product (or the
barrier) are also therefore reduced.
10. In all cases should sealing integrity of the inboard seal be lost the
outboard seal will safely operate under full duty conditions
An Ideal Water Injection Solution ?
A Solution for :
Water Re-injection
Multiphase
MOL
Entrained solids and Abrasives
Small footprint requirements
In use with the worlds leading oil technology companies,
including BP,Qatar Petroleum, Ras Gas,Total etc.
Up Stream Pumping - The Future
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