• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2021

This study describes the effects of a thrust labyrinth seal applied to the backside of a centrifugal impeller on the axial thrust force for high speed turbomachinery. The bulk flow model using Neumann's equation calculates the seal cavity pressures and leakage flow rate of the thrust labyrinth seal based on three configurations: teeth-on-rotor (TOR), teeth-on-stator (TOS), and interlocking labyrinth seal (ILS). Prediction results show that the ILS is superior to the TOR and TOS in terms of leakage flow rate. A mathematical model of a centrifugal impeller with a thrust labyrinth seal on its backside calculates the force components corresponding to the impeller inlet, shroud, impeller backside outer, backside seal, and backside inner pressures. A summation of the force components renders the total axial thrust force acting on the centrifugal impeller. The Newton-Raphson numerical scheme iteratively calculates the pressures and leakage flow rate through the impeller wall gap. The prediction results reveal that the leakage flow rate and total axial thrust force increase with rotor speed, and the ILS significantly decreases the leakage flow rate, whereas it slightly increases the axial thrust force when compared to TOR and TOS. Increasing the seal clearance causes an increase in the leakage flow rate and a slight decrease in the axial thrust force with the ILS.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2012

The magnitude of the axial thrust acting on pump bearings has a great influence on the operational reliability and service life of a pump for turbopumps. In the present study, radial vanes are introduced to the pump casing to control the axial thrust by changing the cavity pressure between the impeller and the casing. To investigate the effect of the vanes on the axial thrust of the pump, experimental and computational studies were performed with and without the vanes. It is shown that the vanes reduce the cavity pressure by preventing the flow from rotating with the impeller. Experimental and computational results show similar trend for the axial thrust difference between two cases with and without the vanes. The results show that the cavity vanes are very effective in controlling the magnitude of the axial thrust.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2012

A high-speed centrifugal pump requires more attention to the control of its axial thrust due to the high discharge pressure than a conventional industrial pump. Vanes employed toward the rear cavity of the impeller can be an effective device to control the axial thrust of the pump. The vanes disturb circumferential flow of the cavity and it can modify the axial force acting on the impeller. In this paper, three types of vanes are installed in the high-speed centrifugal pump for liquid rocket engines and the thrust of the pump is measured with an additional thrust measurement unit. According to the results, shapes of cavity vanes have effects on the axial thrust of the pump. As the height of vanes increases, the outlet pressure of the rear floating ring seal decreases which results in a decrease of the thrust. On the other hand, head of the pump is almost same regardless of cavity vanes. Also, the pressure drop of the bypass pipeline increases when vanes are removed.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2005년도 제25회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.358-362
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• 2005

축추력의 효과적인 제어는 터보펌프 개발의 핵심 기술 중 하나이다. 현재 개발 중인 액체로켓엔진용 연료펌프의 안정성을 입증하기 위해 축추력 측정 장치를 개발하고 수류 시험을 실시하였다. 시험 결과, 연료펌프는 설계 유량에서 펌프 베어링의 축방향 하중 요구 조건을 만족하였다. 또한 이차 유로의 오리피스를 통해 연료펌프에 대한 축추력 제어가 가능한 것을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.562-569
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• 1997

The axial position of an impeller is misaligned in the process of manufacturing and assembling. For a single suction centrifugal pump with balancing holes, the effect of axial displacement of impeller on the performance, leakage loss and axial thrust acting on the impeller is experimentally investigated. The axial displacement decreases the pump efficiency, increases the leakage through the clearance between wearing ring and impeller, and affects the characteristics of axial thrust.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.198-208
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• 1996

The plunge joints of C.V. Joint for vehicle tend to produce a cyclic axial disturbance at a frequency of three of six times shaft speed, in which this distrubance caused by internal frictional effect is related to joint angle, rotational speed, torque, and joint size. This principal axial thrust force might make vehicle shuddered when coinciding with vehicle frequency of tranverse direction, and be one of reasons to have driver feel uncomfortable, unesay, while driving vehicle. The paper makes analysis of axial thrust force & vehicle shudder through computer simulation, comparing the result with experimental data, and reviewing the effect by changing of variables such as dimensions and driving conditions.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2010

축추력의 효과적인 제어는 터보펌프의 작동 안정성을 확보하는 데 중요한 기술 중 하나이다. 현재 개발 중인 75톤급 로켓엔진용 연료펌프에 대한 축추력 측정을 상온의 물을 매질로 하여 실시하였다. 시험 결과, 연료펌프의 축추력은 펌프 베어링의 축방향 하중 조건을 만족하는 것으로 예상되었다. 또한 연료펌프의 축추력은 대체로 유량이 작을수록 커졌다. 그리고 플로팅 링 실과 임펠러 사이의 간극이 바뀌었을 때, 연료펌프의 축방향 하중과 후방 누설 유량이 변화하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.98-104
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• 2015

회전체의 과도한 하중은 펌프의 손상이나 수명 감소의 원인이 된다. 이에 액체로켓엔진용 산화제펌프의 안정성 확보를 위해 펌프 회전체에 작용하는 하중을 상사 시험을 통해 예측하였다. 축방향 하중은 펌프 외부에 설치된 축추력 측정 장치를 통해 간접적으로 계측하였으며, 반경방향 하중은 볼류트의 압력 분포를 토대로 계산하였다. 그 결과, 펌프의 유량이 작을수록 축방향 하중과 반경방향 하중 모두 증가하는 것으로 확인되었다. 그러나, 하중의 크기가 크지 않아 펌프의 안정성에 영향을 끼치지 않을 것으로 예측되었다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.69-91
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• 1982

The major factors which affect the crankshaft axial vibration are such items as the axial stiffness and mass of crankshaft, the thrust block stiffness, the propeller's entrained water and the exciting and damping forces of engine, propeller and shafting. Among above mentioned items, the axial stiffness and mass of crankshaft, thrust block stiffness and propeller's entrained water were treated in detail in part I, and so in this paper, the rest of above items will be studied. The exciting forces of crankshaft axial vibration are generated mainly from the gas explosion pressure of cylinder, the thrust fluctuation of propeller, and sometimes the torsional vibration of crankshaft induces the crankshaft axial vibration. As for the propeller thrust fluctuation, its harmonic components can be fairly exactly calculated from the experimental results of propeller in the towing tank, but as the calculation process is rather tedious and laborious, the empirical values are ordinarily used. On the other hand, the table of harmonic components of gas pressure has been already published by major slow speed diesel engine makers, but the axial thrust conversion factor of radial force is not unknown yet, and as its estimated value is unreliable, the axial vibration force of gas pressure is uncertain. As the calculation of damping force is very complicated and it includes some uncertain factors, the thoretically estimated amplitudes of axial vibration are much more incorrect in comparison with those of torsional vibrations. Authors have paid special attentions to deriving the theoretical calculation formula of axial conversion factor of radial force and damping force of crankshaft axial vibration and developed a computer program to calculate resonance amplitudes and additional stresses of crankshaft axial vibrations. Also, to check the reliability of the developed computer program, the axial vibrations of three ships' propulsion shaftings were analyzed and their results were compared with those of measured values and makers' results.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2006

The magnitude of the axial force acting on turbopump bearings has a great influence on the operational reliability and service life of a turbopump. In the turbopump under current investigation the cavity vanes are introduced to the pump shroud casing to control the axial thrust of the turbopump. To investigate the effect of the cavity vanes, 3D computational flow analyses for a propellant pump stage including an inducer, impeller, volute and secondary flow passages are performed with and without the vanes. The results show that the cavity vanes are very effective in reducing the magnitude of axial thrust without notable changes on the overall performance of the turbopump.