Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seal arrangement for rotating equipment
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Application No.: US16162008Application Date: 2018-10-16
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Publication No.: US10435981B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Aaron Paul Richie
- Applicant: KALSI ENGINEERING INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: KALSI ENGINEERING INC.
- Current Assignee: KALSI ENGINEERING INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agency: Bracewell LLP
- Agent Douglas W. Rommelmann
- Main IPC: E21B33/08
- IPC: E21B33/08 ; F16J15/16 ; F16J15/48 ; F16J15/00 ; F16J15/324 ; E21B4/00 ; F16J15/40 ; E21B10/25

Abstract:
A sealing arrangement having inboard and outboard dynamic seals in a housing separated by a barrier fluid and having a sealed relationship with a relatively movable bearing-guided shaft. A bearing chamber having bearing lubricant exposed to the inboard dynamic seal. The inboard dynamic seal is a hydrodynamic seal having a hydrodynamic pumping action in response to relative rotation between the shaft and the inboard dynamic seal. The hydrodynamic pumping action forcing a film of the bearing lubricant between the inboard dynamic seal and the shaft. The hydrodynamic pumping-related leakage of the inboard dynamic seal being returned to the bearing chamber in which the shaft guidance bearings are located.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190112890A1 SEAL ARRANGEMENT FOR ROTATING EQUIPMENT Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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