Download or read book Measurements Versus Predictions for Rotordynamic Coefficients and Leakage Rates for a Novel Hole pattern Gas Seal written by Brent Alan Seifert and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results are presented for measured and predicted rotordynamic coefficients and leakage for hole-pattern seals with a hole depth that varies axially along the seal. Testing was done to discover how pressure ratio, inlet preswirl, and rotor speed affect the seals' rotordynamic characteristics and leakage. The results were compared to a constant hole depth hole-pattern seal. Experimental results show that the seals' rotordynamic characteristics are not strongly influenced by pressure ratio. There were three preswirl conditions tested, each separated by a 6.9 bar (100psi) difference in inlet pressure. Therefore, normalized preswirl results were compared. The normalized results indicate that introducing inlet fluid preswirl affects the cross coupled stiffness and effective damping coefficients. Inlet preswirl increases the magnitude of cross-coupled stiffness. Effective damping decreases with inlet preswirl, as well as the effective damping cross-over frequency increasing. These results indicate that swirl brakes would be of great value. Rotor speed had a significant effect on the cross-coupled coefficients; both increased with speed. Experimental results were compared to results for a constant hole depth hole pattern seal. The variable hole-depth seal has higher direct damping. The cross-coupled stiffness and cross-coupled damping coefficients were very similar. The direct stiffness was always lower at lower frequencies and higher at higher frequencies for the variable hole depth hole-pattern seal. This was also the case for effective stiffness. The effective damping of the variable hole-depth seal was not only larger than for the constant hole depth seal, it also had a drastically lower cross-over frequency. The difference in cross-over frequency was 40 percent on average. Experimental results for rotordynamic characteristics and leakage were compared to theoretical predictions by ISOTSEAL 2, a modified version of ISOTSEAL. Both cross-coupled stiffness and damping are reasonably predicted. Direct damping is always under-predicted. ISOTSEAL 2 does a poor job of predicting direct stiffness. Direct stiffness is over-predicted at lower frequencies and under-predicted at higherfrequencies. This is also the case for effective stiffness. ISOTSEAL 2 under-predicts the direct damping, but does an excellent job of predicting the direct damping crossover frequency. Seal leakage is well predicted by ISOTSEAL 2.

Download or read book Measurement Versus Predictions of Rotordynamic Coefficients and Leakage Rates for a Hole pattern Gas Seal with Negative Preswirl written by Philip David Brown and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents the results of high supply (up to 84 bar) pressure testing of hole-pattern annular gas seals performed at the Texas A & M Turbomachinery Laboratory in College Station, TX. The test variables were chosen to determine the influence of pressure ratio, rotor speed, and negative preswirl on seal performance. Preswirl signifies the circumferential fluid flow entering a seal, and negative preswirl indicates a fluid swirl in the direction opposite of rotor rotation. Changes in pressure ratio had only small effects on most rotordynamic coefficients. Cross-coupled stiffness showed slightly different profiles through the mid-range of excitation frequencies. Pressure ratio showed some influence on direct and cross-coupled damping at low excitation frequencies. Rotor speed significantly affected both cross-coupled stiffness and cross-coupled damping. As rotor speed increased, the magnitude of cross-coupled rotordynamic coefficients increased due to the positive fluid swirl induced by rotor rotation. For the low rotor speed, negative inlet preswirl was able to overpower the positive rotor induced fluid rotation, producing a negative cross-coupled stiffness. This outcome showed that, for hole-pattern seals, positive fluid swirl does indeed produce positive cross-coupled stiffness coefficients and negative fluid swirl produces negative cross-coupled stiffness coefficients. The addition of negative preswirl greatly reduced cross-coupled rotordynamic coefficients, while direct rotordynamic terms were unaffected. Cross-over frequency signifies the excitation frequency where effective damping transitions from a negative value to a positive value with increasing excitation frequency. Peak effective damping was increased by 50% and cross-over frequency reduced by 50% for high-negative preswirl versus zero preswirl results. This led to the conclusion that a reverse swirl could greatly enhance the stability of hole-pattern balance piston seals. A two-control-volume model that uses the ideal gas law at constant temperature (ISOT) was used to predict rotordynamic coefficients and leakage. This model predicted direct rotordynamic coefficients well, but greatly under predicted cross-coupled rotordynamic coefficients especially at high negative preswirls. The model predicted seal leakage well at low pressure ratios, but showed increasing error as the pressure ratio was increased. These results showed that the prediction model could not adequately estimate cross-coupled rotordynamic coefficients for a hole-pattern seal with negative inlet preswirl and requires modification to do so.

Download or read book Test Versus Predictions for Rotordynamic Coefficients and Leakage Rates of Hole pattern Gas Seals at Two Clearances in Choked and Unchoked Conditions written by Jonathan Leigh Wade and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis documents the results of high pressure testing of hole-pattern annular gas seals conducted at the Texas A & M University's Turbomachinery Laboratory. The testing conditions were aimed at determining the test seals sensitivity to pressure ratio, inlet fluid preswirl, rotor speed, and rotor to seal clearance. The rotordynamic coefficients showed only small changes resulting from the different pressure ratios tested. Only the damping terms at the lower frequencies showed some influence. One other notable result from the testing of different pressure ratios is that the seals were tested in a choked flow condition, and there was not a significant change in the seal behavior when the seals transitioned to the choked condition. The inlet fluid preswirl only had a notable effect on the cross-coupled stiffness in the larger clearance tests. These results lead to the conclusion that a swirl brake could have some rotordynamic value, but only if the seals have sufficiently large clearance. Conversely this also means that if hole-pattern seals are being implemented with a small clearance, then a swirl brake would not be an effective way to improve the rotordynamic stability of the system. The only significant effect that the rotor speeds had on the rotordynamic coefficients were that the cross-coupled coefficients increased as the rotor speed increased. This is the expected result because as the rotor speed increases there is a greater shear force on the gas as it passes through the seal resulting in more fluid circumferential velocity, which results in stronger cross-coupled coefficients. The changes in clearance resulted in drastic changes in the magnitude of the coefficients. The smaller clearance yielded much higher coefficients than the larger clearance. All of the rotordynamic coefficients were predicted well by ISOTSEAL. The code was found to do a good job predicting the seal leakage as well. This gives more credence to the coefficients and leakage that ISOTSEAL predicts.

Download or read book Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison of Experimental Rotordynamic Coefficients and Leakage Characteristics Between Hole pattern Gas Damper Seals and a Honeycomb Seal written by Zeping Yu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented at the International Gas Turbine & Aeroengine Congress & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, Jun 2-Jun 5, 1997.

Download or read book Measured Results for a New Hole pattern Annular Gas Seal Incorporating Larger Diameter Holes Comparisons to Results for a Traditional Hole pattern Seal and Predictions written by Michael Lloyd Vannarsdall and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To reduce manufacturing cost and time, a hole-pattern seal incorporating holes of larger diameter (12.19 mm (0.48 inches)) has been proposed. Experimental leakage and rotordynamic coefficients for this new seal design are presented. This experimental data was compared to theoretical results generated by ISOTSEAL a program developed by Kleynhans and Childs. Finally, the performance of this new hole-pattern seal was compared to a hole-pattern seal tested by Wade. The experiments are configured to investigate the influence of changes in pressure ratio, preswirl, rotor speed, and clearances on seal characteristics. Due to stator stability issues, the peak inlet pressures had to be varied to allow for testing. Consequently, to study the effect of inlet preswirl and clearance, data were non-dimensionalized or normalized. Cross-coupled coefficients were relatively frequency-independent while direct coefficients were functions of excitation frequency. For all test cases, the seal developed negative direct stiffness at low frequencies. Tests showed that pressure ratio had minimal effect on rotordynamic coefficients. Non-dimensional cross-coupled stiffness increased with increasing preswirl causing the seal to become less stable with increasing preswirl. Cross coupled stiffness increased with increasing running speed. Two clearances: 0.1 mm (4 mils) and 0.2 mm (8 mils) were tested. The results demonstrated that non-dimensionalized stiffness is greater for the smaller clearance. The larger clearance develops larger normalized direct damping values, and has enhanced stability. Rotordynamic predictions are poor for cross-coupled coefficients. Generally, ISOTSEAL over-predicts direct stiffness and under-predicts direct damping. Negative stiffness was not predicted by ISOTSEAL. Predictions do improve for the smaller clearance. ISOTSEAL does a good job of predicting non-dimensional leakage. Non-dimensionalized direct and effective stiffness were greater for the "old" hole-pattern seal tested by Wade. However, the "new" seal generally developed greater normalized direct damping and exhibited a lower cross-over frequency. Non-dimensionalized leakage was greater for the seal tested here. Production of this new seal proved to be more difficult than originally thought. The price of the new seal cost approximately the same as an original hole-pattern seal.

Download or read book Test Versus Predictions for Rotordynamic and Leakage Characteristics of a Convergent tapered Honeycomb stator smooth rotor Annular Gas Seal written by Daniel Eduardo Van Der Velde Alvarez and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents the results for measured and predicted rotordynamic coefficients and leakage for a convergent-tapered honeycomb seal (CTHC). The test seals had a diameter of 114.968 mm (4.5263 in) at the entrance, and a diameter of 114.709 mm (4.5161 in) at the exit. The honeycomb cell depth was 3.175 mm (0.125 in), and the cell width was 0.79 mm (0.0311 in). Measurements are reported with air as the test fluid at three different speeds: 10,200, 15,200, and 20,200 rpm; with a supply pressure of 69 bar (1,000 psi), with exit-to-inlet pressure ratios from 20% to 50%, and using two rotors that are 114.3 mm (4.500 in) and 114.5 mm (4.508 in) respectively; this enables the same seals to be tested under two different conditions. The q factor, which is just a simple way to quantify taper is defined as the taperangle seal parameter and is calculated using the inlet and exit radial clearance. Two taper-angles parameters were calculated; q = 0.24 for the 114.3 mm (4.500 in) rotor, and q = 0.386 for the 114.5 mm (4.508 in) rotor. The q = 0.24 condition was compared to a constant clearance honeycomb seal (CCHC q = 0) because both sets of data were taken with the same rotor diameter. The direct stiffness, effective stiffness, and direct damping coefficients were larger for q = 0.24. The CTHC q = 0.24 eliminates the direct negative static stiffness obtained with CCHC (q = 0). The cross-coupled stiffness and damping also were larger for q = 0.24, especially at low frequencies. Effective damping is one of the best indicators in determining the stability of a roughened stator annular gas seal. The frequency at which it changes sign is called the cross-over frequency. In applications, this frequency needs to be lower than the rotorsystem0́9s first natural frequency. Otherwise, the seal will be highly destabilizing instead of highly stabilizing. The magnitude of effective damping and the cross-over frequency also increases with q for all frequencies. Constant clearance honeycomb seals have less leakage than convergenttapered honeycomb seals. CTHC (q = 0.24), has approximately 20 percent more leakage than CCHC (q = 0). The experimental results for rotordynamic characteristics and leakage were compared to theoretical predictions by the two-control-volume developed by Kleynhans and Childs. All rotordynamic coefficients were reasonably predicted for all cases. The model does a better job predicting the cross-coupled stiffness and damping coefficients rather than the direct stiffness and damping coefficients. Also, the two-control-volume model predicts the dynamic characteristics of CCHC (q = 0) better, and does not predict well the effective stiffness and damping for CTHC q = 0.386.

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Download or read book Analysis and Testing for Rotordynamic Coefficients of Grooved Turbulent Annular Seals written by Chang-Ho Kim and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Results for Leakage Pressure Gradient and Rotordynamic Coefficients for Tapered Annular Gas Seals written by David Alan Elrod and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analysis for Leakage and Rotordynamic Coefficients of Surface roughened Tapered Annular Gas Seals written by C. C. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Measurements of Leakage Power Loss and Rotordynamic Force Coefficients in a Hybrid Brush Seal written by Jose Enrique Baker and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents measurements of power loss and leakage in a hybrid brush seal (HBS) for increasing pressure differentials and over a range of rotor speeds. The test HBS, Haynes-25 bristle pack [~850 bristles/cm] and 45o lay angle, is 166.4 mm in diameter and integrates 20-arcuate pads connected with thin EDM-webs to the seal casing. The measured drag power at low rotor speeds (

Download or read book Rotordynamic Analysis of Annular Honeycomb stator Turbulent Gas Seals Using a New Friction factor Model Based on Flat Plate Tests written by Tae Woong Ha and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparison of a Slanted tooth See through Labyrinth Seal to a Straight tooth See through Labyrinth Seal for Rotordynamic Coefficients and Leakage written by Naitik Mehta and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research compares the leakage and rotordynamic characteristics of a slanted-tooth labyrinth seal to a conventional straight-tooth labyrinth. Detailed results comparing the rotordynamic coefficients and leakage parameters of a slanted-tooth see-through labyrinth seal and a straight-tooth see-through labyrinth seal are presented. The straight-tooth labyrinth seal used in this research was originally tested by Arthur Picardo. The slanted-tooth labyrinth seal was designed and fabricated to be identical to the straight-tooth labyrinth seal in terms of pitch, depth, and the number of teeth. The angle of inclination of the teeth in the slanted-tooth labyrinth seal was chosen to be 65° from the normal axis. The seals were tested at an inlet pressure of 70 bar-a (1015 psi-a), pressure ratios of 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6, rotor speeds of 10,200, 15,350, and 20,200 rpm, and a radial clearance of 0.2 mm (8 mils). The experiments were carried out at zero, medium, and high inlet preswirl ratios. The experimental results show only minute differences in the rotordynamic coefficients between the two seals. But, the slanted-tooth labyrinth seal leaked approximately 10% less than the straight-tooth labyrinth seal. A study of prediction versus experimental data was done. XLlaby was used for prediction. XLlaby was developed for a straight-tooth labyrinth seal design and did not do a good job in predicting the rotordynamic coefficients and the leakage rate.

Download or read book A Comparison of Rotordynamic coefficient Predictions for Annular Honeycomb Gas Seals Using Different Friction factor Models written by Rohan Joseph D'Sousa and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: