MECHANICAL SEAL WITH SENSOR

A system and method for monitoring a dry gas seal positionable between a stationary housing and a rotatable shaft. A plurality of sense elements may rotate in response to the rotation of the rotatable shaft and a speed sensor may sense the speed of the rotatable shaft at speeds below one thousand ro...

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Main Authors GOLDSWAIN, IAN MARTYN, SAVIO, JOSEPH L, HURTIG, OLIVER DANIEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.04.2020
Subjects
ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE
BLASTING
CHECKING-DEVICES
CYLINDERS
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS
GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
PISTONS
REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES
SEALINGS
THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS
VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
WEAPONS
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Summary:A system and method for monitoring a dry gas seal positionable between a stationary housing and a rotatable shaft. A plurality of sense elements may rotate in response to the rotation of the rotatable shaft and a speed sensor may sense the speed of the rotatable shaft at speeds below one thousand rotations per minute based on sensing the plurality of sense elements. An acoustic emissions sensor may sense when a first seal face and a second seal face forming a seal interface of the dry gas seal are in an operational condition relative to one another. A processor may receive output signals from the speed sensor and the acoustic emissions sensor, and may establish an operating condition of the dry gas seal based on the signal from the speed sensor when the first seal face and the second seal face reach the operational condition relative to one another.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916596122