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Sulphuric Acid:
A Challenge for Materials and
Sealing Systems for Centrifugal
Pumps
Dr. Juergen Weinerth
Friatec AG - Division Rheinhuette Pumpen
Rheingaustrasse 96 98
65203 Wiesbaden, Germany
Sulphuric Acid:
Contents
Overview
Materials
Pump Design & Sealing Systems
Sulphuric Acid:
Overview
Sulphuric Acid
Pump Design
Materials
Sealing Systems
Vertical
Metal
Gland Packing
Horizontal
Plastic
Mechanical Seal
Ceramic
Mag Drives
Hydrodynamic Seal
Sulphuric Acid:
Contents
Overview
Materials
Pump Design & Sealing Systems
Sulphuric Acid:
Overview
Materials
[C]
300
200
PTFE
l
Plastic
50
Concentration H2SO4 in %
Fe
sp rretic
allo ecial &
ys me
ta
100
20
l i ne
Boiling
08
44
1.
SX
Saramet 35
Lewmet
1.4136S
Siguss
Temperature
Special
metal alloys
like:
1. 44 0
50
8
100
Sulphuric Acid:
300
275
250
Temperature [C]
225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0
10
20
30
40
50
Concentration [% ]
60
70
80
90
100
Sulphuric Acid:
100
25 C
10
4 m/s
1
2 m/s
0 m/s
0,1
0,01
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Concentration in % H2SO4
100
Sulphuric Acid:
Contents
Overview
Materials
Pump Design & Sealing Systems
Sulphuric Acid:
Overview
[C]
300
Vertical or
Hydrodynamic
200
Temperature
Sealing
Systems
Mag-Drive
Boiling
100
l i ne
Mechanical Seal
50
20
Concentration H2SO4 in %
50
100
Sulphuric Acid:
Photo: Ensival-Moret
Sulphuric Acid:
Solid plastic
Sulphuric Acid:
Sulphuric Acid:
Sulphuric Acid:
10% H2SO4
with Ni, Cu &
Co powder
Material: PE
T: 70C
Q: 2500 m/h
H: 29 m
Motor: 280 kW
Sulphuric Acid:
10% H2SO4
with Ni, Cu &
Co powder
Material: PE
T: 70C
Q: 2500 m/h
H: 29 m
Motor: 280 kW
Sulphuric Acid:
Ceramic Pumps
Pump
Design
Silicate
ceramic
FrikorundTM
Mixed acids
at any
concentration
with solids
(e.g. TiO2)
Massive ceramic
Sulphuric Acid:
Spacer can
Critical
Components:
-Spacer Can
-Inner Rotor
Materials:
-SX
-Hastelloy C4
-1.4539 (904L)
Inner rotor
Sulphuric Acid:
Concret
filling
Sulphuric Acid:
300
280
260
240
220
200
T (C)
Silicon Cast
Iron
(15% Silicon)
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
10
20
30
40
50
%
H2SO4
60
70
80
90
100
Sulphuric Acid:
Sulphuric Acid:
German
History
Sulfate Process
industrially since 1916
Sulphuric Acid:
Chloride Process
Sulfate Process
without spend acid regeneration
Sulfate Process
with spend acid regeneration
Sulphuric Acid:
Sulphuric Acid:
Concret filling
Sulphuric Acid:
30 - 80% H2SO4
with metal sulfate
chrystals
T: 50 - 190C
Q: 1500 m/h
H: 3 m
DN 500
Sulphuric Acid:
30 - 80% H2SO4
with metal sulfate
chrystals
T: 50 - 190C
Q: 1500 m/h
H: 3 m
DN 500
Sulphuric Acid:
Sulphuric Acid: