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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2015
Sulzer Management Ag, Winterthur, CH;
Simon Gassmann, Zürich, CH;
Benedikt Trottmann, St. Gallen, CH;
Marcelo Inforsati, Winterthur, CH;
Thomas Felix, Zumikon, CH;
SULZER MANAGEMENT AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
A rotary machine for conveying a fluid includes a drive unit configured to drive a shaft, an impeller arranged at the shaft, and configured to convey the fluid, at least one mechanical seal configured to seal the shaft, a first and a second heat exchange system configured to cool or heat the mechanical seal, the first heat exchange system configured for direct application of a fluid heat carrier at the mechanical seal and the second heat exchange system comprising a heat exchange jacket capable of having a fluid heat carrier flow therethrough without direct contact with the mechanical seal, the first and the second heat exchange systems forming a common heat exchange system in which a common fluid heat carrier is capable of being circulated, and a fan wheel configured to circulate the common fluid heat carrier in the common heat exchange system.