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    Dry Gas Seals: General (Installation, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Retrofitting), Controls
    (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018) Asokan, S.P.; Srinivasan, R Sathya; Baldassarre, Leonardo; Bhat, Vasanth; Carmody, Chris; Doorenbox, Athal; Goebel, Daniel; Weegenhausen, Michael; Forsthoffer, Michael Sean; Forsthoffer, William Eugene; Woon Lip, Teo
    Suggested Topics for Dry Gas Seals Discussion group: • DGS operating characteristics • Unidirectional versus bidirectional • Seals faces and seats, O rings materials • Explosive decompression • Primary seal gas supply control system Primary seal failure detection • Primary seal gas vent to flare control system • Secondary seal failure detection • Tertiary seal types, carbon rings versus labyrinth • Buffer gas and associated control • Separation gas, air or nitrogen and associated controls • Tandem versus double seals application • Field problems and experiences • Challenges in Dry Gas Seal retrofits • Operation and spares maintenance, shelf life and requalification. • Dry Gas seals reliability and availability. • Dew point monitoring and control • Seal Gas Conditioning systems • Seal Gas Boosters and Heaters • API 614 – 5th Edition, current and advancements in Dry Gas seals & Systems