Technical Terms - ITT Bornemann SLH-4U Operating Instructions Manual

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1.4 Technical terms

Technical terms and their meanings
Term
API Plan
CIP
Liquid slugs
Auxiliary operating system
Inert gas
Render inert
Cavitation
Contamination
Cooling medium
Pump assembly
Pump system
Pump system
Quenching
Quench medium
SIP
Sealing
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Meaning
Design of the sealing system in accordance with American Petrol Institute (API).
Cleaning in Place.
Sudden fluctuations of gaseous mixture to pure liquid, or vice versa.
Equipment for pump operation.
A gas which is chemically extremely sluggish in reaction and displaces oxygen.
Addition of inert gas (e.g. nitrogen) in order to displace explosive gases.
Development and abrupt dispersion of vapour bubbles in the pumped medium with a local
undercutting of the vapour pressure.
Poisoning or contamination with harmful substances.
Medium used for flushing pumps, sealing chamber and sliding surfaces.
Pump with drive and base plate.
Generic term for pump system and pump unit.
Pump with drive, base plate and controller.
Sealing system in which the pressure of the quench medium is lower than the pressure of the
pumped medium. The seal is lubricated by the pumped medium.
The quench medium absorbs pumped medium.
Medium used for quenching mechanical seals or shaft seals.
Sterilisation In Place.
Sealing system in which the pressure of the barrier fluid is higher than the pressure of the
pumped medium. The seal is lubricated by the barrier fluid.
The pumped medium absorbs barrier fluid. The pumped medium has no contact with the
atmosphere.
Type SLH-4U
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