Effect of Spiral Structure on the Shaft End Dry Gas Seal Performance for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Compressors[J]. 2020, 54(11): 37-45.
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Effect of Spiral Structure on the Shaft End Dry Gas Seal Performance for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Compressors[J]. 2020, 54(11): 37-45.DOI: 10.7652/xjtuxb202011005.
Effect of Spiral Structure on the Shaft End Dry Gas Seal Performance for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Compressors
The spiral groove dry gas seal is designed according to the sealing requirements of the shaft end in 450 MWe supercritical CO
2
(SCO
2
)compressor. The influences of spiral angle and groove depth on the sealing performance of the designed dry gas seal are numerically investigated using three-dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)equations and SST turbulence model. The accuracy of the numerical method is validated by comparison of the experimental data for dry gas seal with air working fluid. The leakage flow rate
opening force and opening force leakage ratio of the spiral groove dry gas seal at five differen
t spiral groove depths and four different spiral angles are numerically analyzed. The results show that the increase in the spiral groove depth leads to an intense increase in the maximum pressure and the high pressure area in the groove root region of the dry gas seal
which results in a higher opening force and bigger leakage rate. When the groove thickness increases from 3 μm to 7 μm
the maximum increase of opening force is 9.07% when the spiral angle is 20°; the maximum increase of leakage rate is 18.67% when the spiral angle is 25°. The maximum opening force leakage ratio is reached when the spiral groove angle is 15°
which means the dry gas seal with this groove angle has the best comprehensive sealing performance. The performance analysis of the spiral groove dry gas seal at the shaft end of the compressor in this study provides a reference for the SCO
2
power cycle seal design.
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