CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR SEAL

A new impeller-to-sump seal was developed for a line of hermetically sealed centrifugal compressor units. Tests, using an actual compressor unit, were made to simulate steady operating conditions. Both new seal configurations and the original seal were tested. A new seal configuration resulted in a 25:1 reduction in refrigerant leakage. The seal met all other technical and economic requirements dictated by the application.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ASME/ASLE Lubrication Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, October 507 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Lubricating Engineers

  838 Busse Highway
  Park Ridge, IL  United States  60068
• Authors:
  • Adams, M L
  • Raimondi, A A
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compressors; Design; Refrigeration systems; Seals (Devices)
• Old TRIS Terms: Seal design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157738
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: 76-LC-6B-2 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM