Eg&g Sealol, Inc.

John F Short

Amitava Datta

James F Gardner

Prithwish Basu

A brush seal device for sealing a high pressure area from a low pressure area. The brush seal device comprises a plurality of bristles arranged annularly. An annular back plate is positioned concentric to and on the low pressure side of the bristles, the back plate having a recess adapted to delay contact of the bristles with the back plate upon application of the pressure across the brush seal device. A flexible annular front plate is positioned adjacent to and concentric with the bristles on the high pressure side of the bristles. This combination of elements helps to reduce uneven wear of the bristles in a brush seal device and, therefore, helps to prolong the life of such a seal.

Brush seal with a flexible front plate

A brush seal device for sealing a high pressure area from a low pressure area. The brush seal device comprises an annular sideplate having a first side facing the high pressure area and a second side opposite the first side, an annular backplate having a first side facing the low pressure area and a second side opposite the first side, and a plurality of bristles between the second side of the sideplate and the second side of the backplate. The backplate is moveable in a radial direction relative to the annular sideplate and the plurality of bristles extend inwardly from an outer peripheral edge of the sideplate. The brush seal device further comprises a retaining washer between the first side of the backplate and the low pressure area, wherein the retaining washer includes a cavity proximate the first side of the backplate, the cavity having an adjustable pressure therein.

Brush seal device having a floating backplate

A dry-running gas seal includes a stationery seal ring carrier holding a stationary seal ring, a rotary seal ring carrier holding a rotary seal ring facing the stationary seal ring, scoops radially outside and extending toward the rotary seal ring carrier, and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the scoops, whereby the portion of the gas is trapped by the scoops and transferred to and cooled by the heat exchanger and returned to and the high pressure area adjacent to the seal.

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Scituate, RI, United States of America

John F Short