Author:
Feng Xiaodong,Su Wentao,Ma Yu,Wang Lei,Tan Heping
Abstract
Based on the fluid hydrodynamic lubrication theory, a mathematical model of liquid film lubrication was established for the waviness hydrodynamic mechanical seal of a reactor coolant pump. The influences of the waviness amplitude and pressure on the sealing performance were investigated by the numerical simulation. The numerical results showed that the leakage rate increases linearly as the pressure and waviness amplitude increase under the force balance condition. The minimum liquid film thickness decreases first and then increase as the pressure increases. Stationary slide rings with three different waviness amplitudes were processed using the pre-deformation method and tested at different pressure and temperature. The experiments showed that all the three kinds of seal have good stability under different pressure conditions. The experimental results showed that the leakage rate is influenced by the pressure, waviness amplitude, and temperature, and the leakage rate increases as the pressure increases. The comparison between experimental and numerical results showed that both the temperature and pressure affect the seal performance, and tends to a smaller leakage rate, which is quite different from the numerical values. Therefore, the multi-physics coupling effect should be considered in the numerical analysis of seal performance, and this will be studied in the further works.
Subject
Process Chemistry and Technology,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Bioengineering
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