• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2002

This paper presents the contact thermal behaviors of mechanical seals depending on the contacting face geometry. Using the finite element analysis, the temperature distribution, thermal distortion and leakage have been analyzed as functions of sealing gap and rotating speed of the seal ring shaft. The FE results indicate that the inclined contacting face may be more effective and stable based on the results of thermal characteristic analysis if the seal ring has been designed with a same thermal capacity between conventional rectangular sealing faces and inclined seating surface of seal rings.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2004년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.347-351
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• 2004

The cryogenic test facility is developed for test of deep groove ball bearings, floating ring seals, materials (steel & copper) for High Pressure Turbopump of liquid rocket engine (LRE). The cryogenic bearing test is performed to evaluate the flow rate of cooling water and the load-carrying capacity of bearings. The cryogenic seal test is performed to evaluate the determination of magnitude of leakages through the seal, a time variation of this magnitude. The test of the materials Pair is performed to evaluate its fitness for operation in the liquid oxygen medium.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제34회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.47-53
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• 2010

75톤급 터보펌프용 추진제 혼합 방지 실의 누설 성능 및 내구 성능을 평가하기 위한 수류환경 성능 시험을 수행하였다. 추진제 혼합 방지 실 시제품은 연료펌프 부와 산화제펌프 부 각각 누적 시험시간 2,100초 동안 수류환경에서 내구 성능 시험이 이루어 졌다. 1단의 카본 플로팅 링 실로 구성된 연료펌프 부는 성능 시험 동안 평균 실 차압 9.4 bar에서 평균 누설 유량 13.7 gram/sec의 결과를 얻었다. 반면, 2단의 카본 플로팅 링 실로 구성된 산화제펌프 부는 성능 시험 동안 평균 실 차압 9.5 bar에서 평균 누설 유량 7.3 gram/sec의 결과를 얻었다. 내구 성능 시험 후, 추진제 혼합 방지 실은 양호한 상태를 보였다. 향후 액체 질소를 시험 매질로 하는 극저온 환경에서 추진제 혼합 방지실 누설 성능 시험이 수행될 예정이다.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 2003년도 학술대회지
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• pp.193-200
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• 2003

In this study a general Galerkin FE formulation of the incompressible Reynolds equation is derived for lubrication analyses of noncontacting mechanical face seals. Then, the formulation is applied to analyze the flexibly mounted stator-type reactor coolant pump seals of local nuclear power plants, which have deep straight grooves or plane coning on their primary seal ring faces. Their various lubrication performances have been predicted. Results show that the analyzed deep straight groove seal should have a net coning of less than $0.6\;{\mu}m$ to satisfy the leakage limit. And for the same amount of equilibrium opening force the plane coning seal requires to have a 3 times higher dimensionless coning than the deep straight groove seal.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2011

The identifying cause of leakage problems on mechanical seal in a feed water pump of power plant have been difficult because of technical limits of domestic mechanical seal manufacturer and the various conditions of power plants. This paper can get a conclusion through the consideration study and experiment test of mechanical seal characteristics of feed water pump depending on oxygen treatment as follows. The oxygen treatment increase dissolved oxygen and cause a corrosion on the mechanical seal stationary ring composed of antimony as well as leakage problems. For solving leakage problems of seal, to eliminate dissolved oxygen in the cooling water of seal with hydrazine injection can prevent leakage problems of mechanical seal in feed water pump.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.79-84
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• 1996

One of the greatest dangers in mechanical face seals is the formation of heat checking and thermal stress cracks on the sliding surfaces. These thermal distortions due to non-uniform heating lead to increase the leakage of the sealed fluids and wear, and with balance of the seal can cause the seal faces to part. In this study heat checking and thermal stress cracks are investigated experimentally. These thermal distortions are explained using the thermal models of the conatct geometries between the seal ring and the seal seat. To overcome these thermal problems, the thermohydrodynamic seal is presented. The newly developed mechanical seal may substantially reduce the friction torque, frictional heating which causes heat checking and thermal stress cracks, and wear.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.311-320
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• 2003

In this study a general Galerkin FE formulation of the incompressible Reynolds equation is derived for lubrication analyses of noncontacting mechanical face seals. Then, the formulation is applied to analyze the flexibly mounted stator­type reactor coolant pump seals of local nuclear power plants, which have deep straight grooves or plane coning on their primary seal ring faces. Their various lubrication performances have been predicted. Results show that the analyzed deep straight groove seal should have a net coning of less than 0.6 to satisfy the leakage limit. And for the same amount of equilibrium opening force the plane coning seal requires to have a 3 times higher dimensionless coning than the deep straight groove seal.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2005

This paper presents the FEM analysis on the contact behavior characteristics of mechanical face seals in a small hydro-power turbine. Especially, the axial displacement and contact normal stress between a seal ring and a seal seat of a primary sealing unit have been analyzed as functions of rotating speed of a hydro-turbine, sealing gap, water and cooling fluid temperature. Those are strongly related to a leakage of water and wear between a seal ring and a seal seat. The FEM computed results present that the rotating speed of a hydro-turbine may be kept less than 800 rpm, and the sealing gap in a primary sealing unit is restricted $0.5\~5$. The coolant temperature in which is most influential parameter to the contact behaviors of a sealing unit may be kept less than $15^{\circ}C$ for a safe operation of a sealing unit without a leakage and wear.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.643-649
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• 2011

LNG 선박에 사용되는 초저온용 버터플라이 밸브의 개발에 있어, 누설검증은 가장 중요한 설계공정 중 하나이다. 초저온에서 누설방지가 가능한 실로서 인코넬 스프링과 같은 탄성지지체가 포함된 O-링 형태의 메탈실이 널리 사용되고 있으나, 제작비가 고가인 단점을 갖고 있다. 이에 대한 대안으로 부가적인 탄성지지체 없이도 누설조건을 만족시키며, 제작비가 저렴한 탄성 메탈실의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 탄성 메탈실의 누설방지를 위한 설계조건을 정립하여, 초저온 및 고압환경에서 누설방지가 가능한 탄성 메탈실의 형상을 수치해석을 통해 고찰하였다. 아울러 이를 기반으로 시제품을 개발하고, 상온 및 초저온 상태에서 BS6755 및 BS6364 에 준하는 누설시험을 실시하여 누설여부를 확인하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.12-17
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• 1994

Minimum clearance between the U-cup seal groove of a piston and a cylinder bore to ensure against extrusion of the U-cup ring and leakage of working fluids is an important design parameter for a seal designer in hydraulic cylinder applications. Therefore, typical U-cup seal of a hydraulic actuator has been analyzed as a function of a sealing gap using the nonlinear FEM software MARC. In this study, the useful design data were presented as a function of the sealing gap and the sealed hydraulic pressure.