Significant MTBF improvement of a water injection pump application by using diamond coated seal face material technology
Abstract
A well-known oil company in Oman is producing crude oil using “produced water injection” as their favorite Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques. This nasty water is reinjected into the well by high-pressure multistage centrifugal pumps, using a dual pressurized mechanical seal arrangement in combination with API682 Piping Plan 53B. The average MTBF was 12 months only. It was the seal manufacturers recommendation to upgrade the mechanical seal design and to change the seal face material to diamond coated seal face technology. This new seal was qualified successfully by intensive dynamic testing and finally installed in the field.
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Raturi, Sudhir; Busaidi, Fahad; Necker, Nikolaus (2021). Significant MTBF improvement of a water injection pump application by using diamond coated seal face material technology. Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Texas A & M University. Libraries; Texas A & M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /196749.