Frequent starts and stops are a severe test for gas-lubricated compressor seals. Installed in an Argentinean combined cycle power plant is an EagleBurgmann supply system that provides a continuous gas flow rate for the seals and adapts it to changing conditions. Since then, the operational reliability of the compressors has increased significantly.
Reduce maintenance costs for seal supply systems and extend MTBR intervals - EagleBurgmann's task was to significantly improve the availability of unmanned pump stations in a gas pipeline in Texas with single seals for multifluid pumps.
Cruise liners have to reduce their sulfur emissions in Emission-Controlled Areas (ECAs). To accomplish this, light fuel oil is used in coastal regions - with significant consequences for the ship's fuel supply.
The chemical company Global Amines is one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of special chemicals. The "Southeast Bavarian Chemical Triangle", near Altötting, Germany is the location of the Gendorf plant. Global Amines produces preliminary, intermediate and finished chemical products here. EagleBurgmann successfully converted a chemical standard pump from a competitor's seal to an EagleBurgmann DF-M7N DiamondFace mechanical seal and achieved significantly increased pump and system availability.
The TOTAL refinery at the Leuna chemicals site is one of the most state-of-the art facilities of its type in Europe. It processes around 30,000 tonnes of crude oil every day, most of which is pumped in from Russia.
The 275 km OSVAT pipeline network carries about 55 % of the crude oil explored in Brazil. In 12 Sulzer heavy duty pumps, which maintain the fast flow of crude oil from the wells to the final destination, several wear-free mechanical seals with DiamondFace technology operate without failure and provide economic advantages for the owner.
In a nuclear power station, the requirements for mechanical seals are very high. EagleBurgmann successfully supplied a DiamondFace coated mechanical seal, type SAF(P)I for a boiler feed pump in a power plant in Southern Germany.
A boiler circulation pump in a power plant conveys very hot and pressurized water. The pump has no cooling jacket, which increases the risk of a thermosiphon effect.
During the production process of liquid crystals (e.g. for the production of LCD screens), Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany, uses paddle dryers in order to dry the end products of high purity. Therefore, the company uses gas-lubricated mechanical seals by EagleBurgmann.
The supply of nitrogen for seals in compressors is particularly challenging in the Amazon region. The operator of a gas pipeline was looking for a low-maintenance yet reliable supply solution for two compressor stations in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest.
The Lula oil field off the coast of Brazil is considered one of the largest oil discoveries in recent years. It was brought into production using FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) platforms. EagleBurgmann supplied the GE compressors at the Tupi 4 floating production site with new and innovative ultra-high-pressure DGS for gas re-injection.
Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) is particularly a preliminary product used in the polyester and PET production. It is generally produced from naphtha. EagleBurgmann supplied its largest agitator seal to a PTA facility in China, and since then has become a leading manufacturer for PTA production.
Reliability during sensible chemical reaction processes and a significantly increased lifetime characterize the agitator seal used in a chemical production plant. In stirred tank reactors of a polymer dispersion facility in Germany, various monomers and water are transformed into polymers. EagleBurgmann HSHLV-D agitator seals are used in these reactors to prevent standstills.
In a refinery, different systems are being used, among them multistage vertical can pumps to circulate highly flammable liquid hydrocarbons. EagleBurgmann Nova Magnetics provided several magnetic couplings to hermetically seal them.
In a chemical plant in Japan, a pump is used to transport molten sulfur. Crystallized sulfur in the area of the shaft seal led to contamination and enormous maintenance costs. Since retrofitting to the EagleBurgmann SulfurAce mechanical seal the pump offers optimal availability. The working environment is clean and employees are secure from hazardous substances.
The Conoco Humber refinery in England processes up to 230,000 barrels crude oil per day. To ensure a trouble-free thermal cracking process, the refinery uses EagleBurgmann's dual metal bellow seals.
The Sohar refinery was built with state of the art technology to process a mixed feedstock of crude oil and atmospheric residue. Within the scope of its TotalSealCare service, EagleBurgmann maintains an own service center to immediately cater to the needs of the customer.
Constantly changing operating conditions place extreme demands on pump seals in the production of antibiotic active ingredients. DiamondFace technology significantly extends the life of seals and enables the reduction of stock costs through rationalization.
For the export compressor in a gas processing plant, EagleBurgmann developed a sealing solution that is more than just reliable. Low nitrogen requirement and minimal methane leakage reduce operating costs by a five-figure amount.
In processes with crude oil, seals in pumps are exposed to high temperatures and wear caused by solids. The safety standards are high to protect the environment and personnel from leaking media. EagleBurgmann developed a robust solution with reliable safety properties for a refinery.
An FSPO unit is equipped with power generation and waste heat recovery systems from different manufacturers. The correspondingly disparate expansion joints failed after a short time. EagleBurgmann supplied a low-maintenance solution that is now part of the standardized equipment of other FPSO units.
In the highly sensitive production of vaccines, only a few barrier media and materials are approved for mechanical seals. If steam condensate is to lubricate silicon carbide sealing surfaces, premature wear is inevitable. How it actually does work is demonstrated by the case of an internationally operating pharmaceutical company.
With a strategic alliance between EagleBurgmann and the Alliance Pipeline, which leads from British Columbia and North Dakota to Chicago, best practice methods for maintenance and availability were to be implemented. EagleBurgmann PDGS seals are installed in the pipeline's compressor stations.
In a natural-gas processing plant in Australia, moisture and dirt directly infiltrated the compressor seal via the supply gas. The operating conditions could not be changed, but the seal certainly could.
Extra-heavy crude oil, sand, produced water and gas are the "living conditions" for the seals in a multi-phase pump in Venezuela. EagleBurgmann developed a solution that proved to be extremely robust despite a multiphase fluid and considerably less flush fluid.
EagleBurgmann convinced the persons responsible for the liquor line in a pulp mill to equip the shaft of the pressure disk filter with a practical and reliable mechanical seal, thereby increasing the MTBR to an extraordinarily long period of three years.
The handling of latex is a major engineering challenge for the mechanical seals that are used on pumps and reactors. One of the German EagleBurgmann service centers collaborates with the operator of the Marl Chemical Park, and has been supplying it with individual sealing solutions for many years.
TA-Luft and ATEX requirements make it necessary for operators to replace all seals used that are not conform to the standards. At Chema Prozess- and Systemtechnik in Germany, EagleBurgmann equipped steel distillation vessels with double mechanical seals in cartridge design that meet the needed legislations.
A seal for a shaft diameter of 550 mm (21.65") – an absolutely thrilling dimension for EagleBurgmann. In close cooperation with the customer, we developed a durable and robust solution to help increase the overall efficiency of the pump in an Austrian reservoir power plant.
Poor lubrication and sliding faces in hard-hard pairing - there are better conditions for the perfect functioning of a seal. EagleBurgmann nevertheless reliably seals the agitator of a fermenter for the production of biocultures for the long term.
The reliability of centrifugal compressors in gas grids are of the highest social and economic importance for network operators. Compressor performance and availability are closely related to the effectiveness of sophisticated compressor shaft sealing technology. Here, EagleBurgmann developed a new sealing concept which ensures better compressor availability: the coaxial separation seal CobaSeal.
The TOTAL refinery Mitteldeutschland GmbH, located in Spergau near Leuna, is one of Europe's most modern refineries. To ensure optimal plant availability, a perennial service contract between EagleBurgmann and the refinery was signed.
The Shell Rhineland refinery is the largest refinery in Germany. To significantly increase the service life of the mechanical seals that are in operation at the facility, a service contract with EagleBurgmann was signed.
Barrier fluid for seals is a risk factor in the pharmaceutical industry as it could contaminate the active ingredients produced. A globally active company is playing it safe and replacing liquid lubricated mechanical seals in paddle-wheel dryers with dry-running mechanical seals.
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Canada provides about 20 % of Ontario's electricity needs. EagleBurgmann equipped 16 Sulzer pumps with a newly designed sealing system according to API plan 23.
For the unmanned pump station of a Canadian oil pipeline, EagleBurgmann developed a single seal that can be used flexibly for several pump types and meets the highest safety requirements even up to 99 bar (1,440 PSI).
The situation in a Swedish paper mill a few years ago was that there were 730 pumps in different designs with one hundred different seal types. EagleBurgmann used the concept of standardized seals as a convincing argument. The change has paid off for the packaging manufacturer in several respects.
In Germany, crude oil production amounts to 3.7 million tons per year. EagleBurgmann and a leading pump manufacturer conducted a successful field test with SGR mechanical seals.
In the area of services for packings and static seals for power plant technology, EagleBurgmann offers an efficient on-site seal service. At the nulcear power plant Unterweser in Germany, a TotalSealCare service team successfully conducted a planned inspection, and was also able to counteract an unexpected increase of the workload without any issues.
The EagleBurgmann TotalSealCare service offers a flexible and modular package for every call-out situation and meets all local requirements. The "On-Site Service" module has successfully proven its worth over many years and in a number of different industrial fields.
