| 摘要 |
An internally pressurised seal (10) assembly has a first seal ring (40) mounted in fixed axial and rotational relationship and sealed with respect to one of a pair of relatively rotatable components and a second seal ring (100) moveable axially but fixed rotationally and sealed with respect to the other of the pair of relatively rotatably components, the second seal ring is urged resiliently towards the first seal ring, so that a radial sealing face of the first seal ring engages a radial sealing face of the second seal ring, a process chamber (22) is formed at the inboard side of the seal rings, said process chamber opening to the outside of the seal rings, and a barrier chamber (16) is provided at the outboard side of the seal rings, the barrier chamber opening to the inside of the seal rings, the external circumferential surface of the seal rings are shielded from process fluid in the process chamber by shroud members (62) which ensure that heat transfer from the process fluid to the seal rings predominantly occurs at the outer regions of the seal rings adjacent the sealing faces, and a sleeve (70) is secured internally of each seal ring which ensure that heat transfer between the seal rings and a barrier fluid in the barrier chamber predominantly occurs at the radially extending surfaces of the seal rings adjacent the sealing faces.
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