APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEALING ROTARY MACHINE USING SELF-CLEANING FACE SEAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable improvement in performance of a rotary machine.SOLUTION: A self-cleaning hydrodynamic face seal for use with a rotary machine is provided. The hydrodynamic face seal includes a seal ring having a radially extending seal face. In addition, the hydrodynamic face seal includes at least one brush coupled to the seal ring. The at least one brush includes a plurality of flexible elements extending away from the radially extending seal face of the face seal ring.