Conical sealing assembly for a rotary equipment and rotary equipment comprising the sealing assembly

A shaft seal assembly configured to sealingly separate a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region in a rotary equipment, the shaft seal assembly comprising:

• a rotary seal member adapted to be drivingly coupled to a rotary shaft of the rotary equipment for co-rotation therewith;
• a stationary porous seal member adapted to be coupled to a stationary housing of the rotary equipment and extending around the rotary seal member;
• and
• at least a seal gas inlet port adapted to communicate a pressurized seal gas to the stationary porous seal member;
• wherein the rotary seal member has a conical outer sealing surface and the stationary porous seal member has a conical inner sealing surface, wherein the conical inner sealing surface faces the conical outer sealing surface.