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    API Plan 52 - Seal

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    Plan 52 uses an external reservoir and internal pumping ring to circulate buffer fluid around the outer seal of an unpressurized dual seal arrangement. The reservoir is vented and maintained at lower pressure than the seal chamber. If the inner seal fails, pressure and fluid level will rise in the reservoir triggering an alarm. The outer seal then takes over full sealing duty until repairs can be made. Plan 52 systems are used for both volatile and non-volatile services, with the reservoir collecting leakage from a failed inner seal.

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    API Plan 52 - Seal

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    Plan 52 uses an external reservoir and internal pumping ring to circulate buffer fluid around the outer seal of an unpressurized dual seal arrangement. The reservoir is vented and maintained at lower pressure than the seal chamber. If the inner seal fails, pressure and fluid level will rise in the reservoir triggering an alarm. The outer seal then takes over full sealing duty until repairs can be made. Plan 52 systems are used for both volatile and non-volatile services, with the reservoir collecting leakage from a failed inner seal.

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    Protection system for rotary shaft seal of flamable liquids pumps in classified areas

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    Plan 52 uses an external reservoir and internal pumping ring to circulate buffer fluid around the outer seal of an unpressurized dual seal arrangement. The reservoir is vented and maintained at lower pressure than the seal chamber. If the inner seal fails, pressure and fluid level will rise in the reservoir triggering an alarm. The outer seal then takes over full sealing duty until repairs can be made. Plan 52 systems are used for both volatile and non-volatile services, with the reservoir collecting leakage from a failed inner seal.

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    API Plan 52 - Seal

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    Ivan Barrientos
    Plan 52 uses an external reservoir and internal pumping ring to circulate buffer fluid around the outer seal of an unpressurized dual seal arrangement. The reservoir is vented and maintained at lower pressure than the seal chamber. If the inner seal fails, pressure and fluid level will rise in the reservoir triggering an alarm. The outer seal then takes over full sealing duty until repairs can be made. Plan 52 systems are used for both volatile and non-volatile services, with the reservoir collecting leakage from a failed inner seal.

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    15/12/21 12:39 Plan 52 | Seal FAQs

    Seal FAQs

    PLAN 52

    Plan 52 Schematic

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    Plan 52 Seal Illustration

    Plan 52 uses an external reservoir to provide buffer fluid for the outer seal of an unpressurized dual seal arrange-
    ment. During normal operation, circulation between reservoir outer seal is maintained by an internal pumping ring.
    The reservoir is usually continuously vented to a vapor recovery system and is maintained at a pressure less than
    the pressure in the seal chamber. The process, or inner seal, of the dual unpressurized arrangement usually has its
    own piping plan. For example, the piping plans for a dual unpressurized seal arrangement might be written as Plan
    11/52.

    Reservoirs are usually made of pipe and piping components with an internal cooling coil. Unlike the heat exchangers
    used in Plan 23 systems, cooling water flows through the coil; the buffer fluid flows over the exterior of the coil. It is
    important to realize that Plan 52 systems incorporate a vented reservoir.

    Plan 52 systems are usually not controlled directly. The circulation rate depends on the performance of the pump-
    ing ring within the particular closed loop system. The pumping ring, reservoir and piping are selected to produce
    the desired operating conditions. Heat soak as well as heat generation must be considered in determining the de-
    sired circulation rate.

    In the event that the process, or inner, seal fails, there will be a pressure and/or level increase in the reservoir, which
    produces an alarm. When this occurs, the reservoir is blocked in by closing the valve near the top of the reservoir. As
    the process seal continues to leak, pressure and fluid level in the reservoir increases further. The reservoir can po-
    tentially reach the same pressure as the process seal chamber. For all practical purposes, the outer seal takes over
    the full sealing duty. For these reasons, the recommended operating procedure is to begin planning an orderly shut-
    down and repair as soon as possible after failure of the process seal.

    Plan 52 is used for both non-volatile and volatile process services. Although the leakage rate across the main, or
    process, seal is about the same as for a single seal, the leakage is directed into the reservoir of the dual unpressur-
    ized seal. In non-volatile services, the leakage from the process seal increases the liquid level in the reservoir.
    Depending upon the process fluid the reservoir may require periodic cleaning. In volatile services the leakage from
    the process seal vaporizes and is separated from the buffer fluid inside the reservoir. If the reservoir is connected
    to a vapor recovery system, the actual emission rate can be very low.

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