Product/Service

GSL Seal

Source: Flowserve, Flow Solutions Division
A non-contacting gas seal with virtually no wear and full pressure backup seal containment
A non-contacting gas seal with virtually no wear and full pressure backup seal containment capability for light hydocarbon, crude oil, and other services.

Features/Benefits

  • No barrier fluid required...Simplifies seal operation
  • Completely interchangeable with present GS seal...Reduces inventory cost
  • High and low pressure gas and liquid containment capability...Allows for convenient equipment shut down and secondary containment safety in light hydrocarbon and crude oil service
  • Non-contacting face design... Assures low face temperature, low torque and extremely long seal life
  • Design laboratory tested in air, water, nitrogen, light hydrocarbons, ISO 32 oil, diesel fuel and crude oil...Assures valid backup seal operational performance over wide range of fluids. Test reports available on request. Low emission design... Meets today's emission requirements at vapor disposal system back pressures below 25 psi
  • Can be used as a primary low emission seal...For low pressure blowers and vertical sump pumps
  • Available as a cartridge...Provides for simple and accurate seal installation

Materials of Construction

Metal Parts:

Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel

Rotating Face:

Carbon

Stationary Face:

Silicon Carbide

Gasketing:

Fluoroelastomer,

Perfluoroelastomer

Springs:

Alloy C-276

Operating Parameters

Design Operating Pressure:

Gas/Liquid Containment:

0 to 600 psi (0 to 4137 kPa)

Seal Chamber Temperature:

-40F (-40C to 204C)*

Specific Gravity:

Liquid Backup:

.45 Min. (water = 1.00)

Shaft Sizes:

1" TO 6" (25.4mmTO 152.4mm)

Surface Speed:

5 to 100 ft/sec (1.5 to 30.5 m/sec)

*Depending on materials selected

Flowserve, Flow Solutions Division, 222 W. Los Colinas Blvd., Suite 1500, Irving, TX 75039. Tel: 801-489-2378; Fax: 801-489-2686.