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CLEAR VISION SOUND STRATEGIES SOLID PERFORMANCE Moving to above-ground Sx Sealing SxSeal 2000 Stefaan Gouhie CSI Ametek +33 6 70 61 73 28 Stefaan.gouhie@ametek.com CLEAR VISION SOUND STRATEGIES SOLID PERFORMANCE

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Moving to above-ground Sx Sealing

Stefaan Gouhie CSI Ametek

+33 6 70 61 73 28 Stefaan.gouhie@ametek.com

SxSeal 2000

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Sulfur Sealing in the SRU

Maintain bulk temperature Maintain wall temperature

Sulfur Seal Sulfur Seal Sulfur Seal

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Traditional solution: Seal leg

– 20+ ft. below-grade sulfur seal – Jacketed piping heating technology

  • Sealing mechanism
  • perates on

hydrostatic pressure

  • Liquid sulfur creates a

vapor seal

Liquid sulfur Liquid sulfur

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Seal leg - Benefits

  • Supplemental pressure

relief

  • Long maintenance

interval

Liquid sulfur Liquid sulfur

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Seal leg: Prone to plugging

  • Debris collects at the

bottom of the seal leg

  • Plugging can also
  • ccur at startup
  • Costly maintenance

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Seal leg: Other potential issues

  • Ground-water

intrusion

  • What happens if plant

wants to increase pressure?

  • Operation status

confirmed via look box

  • Crane needed for

installation and removal

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Look Box Safety

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Seal Leg Safety

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Seal Leg Safety

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Safety Issues Seal Leg

  • Exposure to H2S vapors
  • Burns from liquid sulphur
  • Mess created in SRU
  • How Serious?

– “This area is the most dangerous in the SRU”

  • 40 Year SRU Veteran, Brimstone Vail 2013
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Sulfur sealing options

In-ground Above-ground 1000

Seal Leg

2000

SxSeal

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No-flow condition

H2S Sx Vapor Liquid sulfur

SxSeal 1000 in operation

Liquid sulfur

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H2S Sx Vapor Liquid sulfur

Flowing condition

Liquid sulfur

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Requires regular maintenance

  • Need for fresh air suit?
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Safety Issues SxSeal 1000

  • Regular Maintenance
  • Exposure to H2S vapors
  • Exposure to liquid Sulphur
  • No pressure relief path

– Rupture disk

  • Still need for lookbox

H2S Sx Vapor Liquid sulfur

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SxSeal 2000

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  • Best of both

worlds in sulfur sealing technology

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SxSeal 2000 in operation

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Construction and Components

Orifice plate Plug Orifice Lift Handles

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Operating status indicators

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Operating status indicators

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Low maintenance

  • Debris can be

cleared during turnaround.

  • Built-in clean out

facilitates quick, easy maintenance.

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Easy retrofit

  • Minimal

elevation difference between inlet &

  • utlet
  • Facilitates

retrofit

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Heated with ControTrace

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Summary of benefits

  • Safe, visual confirmation of

performance – no look box required

  • No filter maintenance
  • Online cleaning possible
  • No water intrusion, cross-

contamination, or plugging

  • Supplemental relief path

SxSeal 2000

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SxSeal 2000 – 200+ in operation

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Video

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Questions?