AMPLIFLOW

Flow Solutions Division

Contamination Prevention
for Dry Gas Sealing Systems
Flowserve’s AMPLIFLOW™ was developed to eliminate process

contamination, the number one cause of dry gas seal failures. The

AMPLIFLOW™ ensures the supply of clean filtered gas to the seals

by boosting supply gas pressure during periods of low compressor

pressure differential.

Configurations
 Portable unit

 Stand-alone panel

 Integrated with Revolve dry gas seal

control panel

 Integrated with Revolve Pre-filter panel

Possible Periods Pressure Gauge

of Low Differential
Volume Bottle
Pressure Pressurized Supply Gas 3.0 Liter

 Start-up Drive Air Out

 Idle

 Recycle

 Process sequence
Filtered Compressor
Discharge Gas
 Shut-down Solenoid Valve
Pressure Gauge Pressure Control
 Cool-down Valve

 Slow-roll Filtered Drive Air In

 Operating
Process Gas Boost
 AMPLIFLOW™ provides a boost in gas pressure Characteristics
equal to 1.5 times the drive gas pressure (e.g., if air

is provided at 100 psig, the resultant seal supply

Figure 1: Drive Gas Consuption Versus
gas pressure boost is 150 psig).
Output Pressure
60
Drive Gas Consumption

Drive Gas (Air) Consumption (SCFM)

 Figure 1 illustrates the drive gas consumption for
50
AMPLIFLOW™ to provide 70 SCFM of gas flow to

the seal, for various seal gas supply pressures.

40

Seal Gas Supply Flowrate 30

 Figure 2 illustrates seal supply gas flow with and

without the use of AMPLIFLOW™. This graph is 20

300 600 900 1200 1500
for a natural gas transmission compressor with
Process Output Pressure (psig)
suction pressure of 700 psig and discharge

pressure of 880 psig.

Figure 2: Seal Gas Supply Flow Rate
120
Design Specifications
1. Pressurization
100
Flowrate Per Seal (SCFM)

Standard AMPLIFLOW™

 Maximum Pressure: 1800 psig 80

2. Idle Warm-up
 Maximum Flow Rate: 2.9 ACFM
60
 Maximum Drive Gas
40
 Consumption: 5.2 ACFM

 Design Temperature: 300°F 20

3. Ramp-Up
Higher design pressures are also available.
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (Min.) With AMPLIFLOW™
Without AMPLIFLOW™

Flowserve’s 50K Plus™ Program

50k Plus™ is a program designed to help ensure dry gas seal reliability in excess of

50,000 hours. Flowserve works with customers to minimize risks that contribute to
Flowserve FSD Corporation
seal failures by reviewing the entire system and operation. Compressor Seal Group
2100 Factory Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49001-4163
Phone: (1) 616-226-3400
Rev 09/00 USA FAX: (1) 616-226-3404 FSD160