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Plan 53 B

In Plan 53B, an external barrier fluid system is pressurized by a bladder accumulator to supply clean liquid to the seal chamber at a pressure greater than the seal chamber. Barrier liquid is circulated through the system using an internal circulating device. The bladder accumulator prevents contact between the pressurization gas and barrier liquid, allowing for high pressure operation without gas absorption. The accumulator is pre-charged and pressurizes the system as it fills with barrier liquid. Leakage results in a decrease in barrier pressure over time, requiring re-pressurization to restore the maximum working volume. Effective circulation relies on proper venting during commissioning to exclude all gas from the system.

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Plan 53 B

In Plan 53B, an external barrier fluid system is pressurized by a bladder accumulator to supply clean liquid to the seal chamber at a pressure greater than the seal chamber. Barrier liquid is circulated through the system using an internal circulating device. The bladder accumulator prevents contact between the pressurization gas and barrier liquid, allowing for high pressure operation without gas absorption. The accumulator is pre-charged and pressurizes the system as it fills with barrier liquid. Leakage results in a decrease in barrier pressure over time, requiring re-pressurization to restore the maximum working volume. Effective circulation relies on proper venting during commissioning to exclude all gas from the system.

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PUMPS—SHAFT SEALING SYSTEMS FOR CENTRIFUGAL AND ROTARY PUMPS 207

G.19 Plan 53B

a) Piping and Instrumentation schematic b) Seal chamber details

Key
1 make-up barrier liquid 8 vent
2 bladder accumulator 9 barrier fluid drain
3 bladder charge connection 10 valve (for checking accumulator bladder
4 flush (F) integrity)
5 liquid barrier out (LBO) PI pressure indicator
6 liquid barrier in (LBI) PIT pressure transmitter with local indicator
7 seal chamber TI temperature indicator
TIT temperature transmitter local indicator
a If specified, both the PI and valve 10 shall be installed for checking bladder integrity.
b If specified.
c Vertically oriented, finned air cooler shall be installed if specified.

Figure G.19 — Standard Seal Flush Plan 53B

In Plan 53B, there is an external barrier fluid system pressurized by a bladder accumulator supplying clean
liquid to the barrier fluid seal chamber. The accumulator and barrier liquid are maintained at a pressure
greater than seal chamber pressure.
208 API STANDARD 682

Barrier liquid is circulated through the system by means of an internal circulating device. To maximize
barrier liquid circulation, the piping losses should be minimized through the proper selection of pipe size,
elimination of fittings, use of large radius bends, and reduction in the length of piping runs.

Plan 53B is used with an Arrangement 3 liquid seal and differs from Plan 53A in that pressure is main-
tained in the barrier liquid system through the use of a bladder-type accumulator. The use of an accumu-
lator prevents contact between the pressurization gas and the barrier liquid. This prevents gas absorption
into the barrier liquid and allows for high pressure operation. The accumulator is pre-charged prior to filling
the system with barrier liquid and is brought to operating pressure by compressing the bladder in the ac-
cumulator as the system is filled with barrier liquid. Leakage past the inner and outer seals results in a
decrease in the barrier system pressure. This requires that the barrier system be pressurized to a higher
initial pressure and allowed to “leak” down to the minimum allowable system pressure. At this time, the
system would be refilled to restore the maximum working barrier liquid volume. Seal performance is
therefore monitored by pressure decrease and not by barrier liquid level as in Plan 53A. For specific
recommendations on pressurization, operation, and monitoring of Plan 53B systems, refer to Annex F.

Effective flow of the Plan 53B system is only achieved with proper exclusion of all gas and air bubbles from
the seal cooler and piping. Venting of the system during commissioning is critical to proper operation.

For additional considerations between using a Plan 53 and a Plan 52, see G.18 Plan 53A.

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