CPC F04D 29/0413 (2013.01) [F04D 13/10 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
positioning a thrust runner adjacent a thrust bearing in a submersible pumping system component;
placing an upper region above the thrust runner in communication with a lower region below the thrust runner via a passageway located at or proximate the shaft;
coupling the thrust runner to a shaft via a retention system comprising one or more gaps in fluid communication with the passageway to allow gas to flow at least one of from the lower region into the passageway or from the passageway into the upper region;
rotating the thrust runner relative to the thrust bearing via the shaft; and
venting gas through the passageway from the lower region beneath the thrust runner to the upper region above the thrust runner.
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