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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Sulzer Management Ag, Winterthur, CH;
Karel De Raeve, Winterthur, CH;
Thomas Welschinger, Radolfzell, DE;
SULZER MANAGEMENT AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
A process fluid lubricated pump includes a housing with an inlet to receive the fluid, and an outlet to discharge the fluid, a shaft extending from a drive end to a non-drive end and rotatable about an axial direction, the drive end of the shaft arranged outside the housing, a hydraulic unit including impellers mounted on the shaft, a collection chamber to collect leaking process fluid, the collection chamber comprising an exit, through which the shaft passes, and an exit to discharge the process fluid, and a throttle device arranged between the hydraulic unit and the collection chamber, the throttle device comprising a stationary throttle part having first and second axial faces delimiting the stationary throttle part, the first axial face facing the collection chamber, and the throttle device including a throttle gap surrounding the shaft and extending from the first axial face to the second axial face.