Process Equipment Sealing Technology (Second Edition)

Author: Cai Renliang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book systematically and comprehensively introduces the main contents and latest developments of fluid static and dynamic sealing in process industry installations. The book is divided into 5 chapters, focusing on explaining the basic concepts of sealing, fluid sealing theory, leakage detection technology, as well as gasket sealing and adhesive sealing for process equipment and pipelines, and packing sealing, reciprocating sealing, mechanical sealing, clearance sealing, gas-liquid film sealing, labyrinth sealing, centrifugal sealing, spiral sealing, magnetohydrodynamic sealing, and fully enclosed sealing for process machinery. The book covers the sealing mechanisms, structural types, sealing characteristics, materials, and selection of these sealing technologies. Additionally, appendices at the end of the book provide a directory of commonly used domestic sealing standards and a Chinese-English terminology. This book can be used as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students in universities and colleges, and can also serve as a reference for technical personnel engaged in sealing design, maintenance, and management.