Approach To The Numeric Geometry Analysis of Positive Displacement Compressors, Its Application To A Single Screw Compressor Simulation And Verification By Experiment
Thermodynamic models to simulate positive displacement compressors are well known for a few decades already and can describe the compressor performance quite well. One of the most complex part of the simulation process however is the positive displacement compressor geometry simulation. In the current context, under geometry simulation, values of working compressor volumes, as well as cross-sections of port openings, at different shaft (rotor) angles are considered. In the current paper, as an example, the Greene formula approach was applied to a geometry simulation of a single screw compressor. Working chamber geometry was defined by “cutting “ it with the gate rotor blade; flute volume was computed using Greene formula; suction and discharge ports were intersected with this volume so that port opening contours were defined and their respective cross sectional areas were calculated. The results of this geometry simulation were applied for a thermodynamic model of a single screw compressor. Experimental investigation of a single screw working process using pressure transducers has been conducted. Geometry simulation data was applied to calculate compression work from experimental pressure traces. Pressure-volume diagrams obtained experimentally were compared to the simulated ones. Also, indicator work obtained from simulation and experiment, was compared to the power input to the shaft, and demonstrated good correlation.
The energy performance of a single‐screw compressor for natural gas liquefaction process: Effects of the lubricating oil flow rate
An experimental test system including the oil circulation system and the gas circuit system has been designed and built to explore the effects of the lubricating oil flow rate on the performance of a single‐screw compressor, used in a portable natural gas liquefaction process. Outlet pressure, outlet volumetric flow rate, volumetric efficiency, and specific power rate are the parameters for evaluation of the energy performance of the single‐screw compressor. The experimental results indicate that the outlet pressure and outlet volumetric flow rate can be effectively increased by increasing the flow rate of the lubricating oil at different rotational frequencies and that a certain amount of lubricant oil is helpful to improve the volumetric efficiency. In terms of the specific power rate, the optimum oil‐gas ratios are 0.7%, 0.93%, and 1.79%, and the corresponding outlet pressures are 0.45, 0.45, and 0.48 MPa at the conditions of 50, 40, and 30 Hz, respectively.
Physical Principles of Wind Energy Conversion
The primary component of a wind turbine is the energy converter which transforms the kinetic energy contained in the moving air, into mechanical energy. For the initial discussions of principles, the exact nature of the energy converter is irrelevant. The extraction of mechanical energy from a stream of moving air with the help of a diskshaped, rotating wind energy converter follows its own basic rules.