Visualization of Oil Droplets Distribution in a Rotary Compressor

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puyuan Wu ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Paul E. Sojka
Keyword(s):  
Multiphase Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Discharge Rate ◽  
Current Phase ◽  
Rotary Compressor ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Oil Droplets ◽  
Rolling Piston

Abstract A rotary compressor relies on an eccentric rolling piston, which rotates at high speed, to compress gas in the compression chamber. The oil in the rotary compressor is used for lubricating the bearing and sealing the clearance of sliding parts. However, the oil can exhaust from the rotary compressor by the refrigerant flow and reduce the reliability of the compressor as a result. Thus, studying the behavior of oil droplets distribution in a rotary compressor is a major challenge for manufacturers who rely on CFD tools to predict the multiphase flow. By modifying a rotary compressor, the oil behavior inside the cylinder is observed and recorded by a high-speed imaging system. In the current phase, multiple targeted locations, including the space between the bearing housing and the stator, and the space above the stator are measured in different conditions. The number, size, velocity, and morphology of oil droplets are analyzed based on multiple snapshots. The result can assist designers in improving the CFD analysis of compressors and ultimately reducing the oil discharge rate (ODR).

Characterization of Oil Droplets in the Lower Cavity of a Rotary Compressor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puyuan Wu ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Paul E. Sojka ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Hongjun Cao
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Discharge Rate ◽  
Current Phase ◽  
Rotary Compressor ◽  
Oil Droplets ◽  
Air Conditioners ◽  
Lower Cavity ◽  
Lubricant Oil ◽  
Flow Velocimetry ◽  
Size And Morphology

Abstract The rotary compressor is widely used in small air conditioners, and is the most important element in the system. It relies on eccentric rolling pistons that rotate at high speed to compress refrigerant in the cylinder. The lubricant oil in the rotary compressor is used for lubricating the bearing and sealing the clearance of sliding parts. However, the oil can experience complex and highly-coupled atomization processes when discharged from the cylinder, and part of oil droplets can exhaust from the rotary compressor by the refrigerant flow and reduce the efficiency and reliability of the compressor as a result. Thus, characterizing the behavior of oil droplets in the lower cavity of a rotary compressor where the atomization occurs is a major challenge for manufacturers who rely on CFD tools to predict the multiphase flow. By modifying a rotary compressor, the oil behavior in the lower cavity of a rotary compressor is observed and recorded by shadowgraphy. In the current phase, the number, size, and morphology of oil droplets are analyzed statistically with image processing method, which provides better understanding to the atomization mode in the lower cavity, the velocity of the mist of oil droplets is calculated with Optical Flow Velocimetry. The results can assist designers in improving the CFD analysis of compressors and ultimately reducing the Oil Discharge Rate (ODR).

Experimental Measurement of Oil Droplets Size and Velocity Above the Rotor/Stator in a Rotary Compressor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puyuan Wu ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Paul E. Sojka ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Hongjun Cao
Keyword(s):  
Size Distribution ◽  
Droplet Size ◽  
Outer Region ◽  
Droplet Size Distribution ◽  
Rotary Compressor ◽  
Discharge Process ◽  
Oil Droplets ◽  
Lower Cavity ◽  
Lubricant Oil ◽  
Rolling Piston

Abstract Hundreds of millions of Air conditioning (AC) systems are produced each year. Many of them, especially small AC appliances, use rotary compressors as the system’s heat pump due to their simple structure and high efficiency in a small system. Lubricant oil is used in the rotary compressor to lubricate the moving parts, such as the crankshaft and the rolling piston, and to seal the clearance between the sliding parts, e.g., the clearance between the rolling piston and the cylinder, and the vane and the cylinder. As the compressed refrigerant vapor is discharged from the cylinder through the discharge port, part of lubricant oil in the cylinder would be carried by the vapor and atomize into small droplets in the lower cavity during the discharge process, which is complicated and highly-coupled. Some of these oil droplets would ultimately be exhausted from the compressor and enter other parts in the system, reducing the compressor reliability and deteriorating the heat transfer of the condenser and the evaporator in the system. Our previous research studied the atomization of the lubricant oil during the discharge process in the compressor’s lower cavity. However, the oil droplets’ behavior downstream of the lower cavity is unknown. Thus, studying the oil droplets’ behavior after passing through the rotor/stator can help understand how the rotor/stator would affect the droplet size distribution and movement, thus controlling the flow rate of escaped oil droplets. In this study, a hot gas bypass test rig is built to run a modified rotary compressor with sapphire windows right above the rotor/stator. The oil droplets’ size distribution and movement along the radial direction are obtained at the shaft’s rotating frequency of 30 and 60 Hz by shadowgraph. It is found that droplet size at 30 and 60 Hz varies little in the inner region of the rotor/stator clearance and would increase sharply above the clearance and keep increasing in the outer region of the clearance. More importantly, droplet velocity has a downward velocity component at the inner region and an upward velocity component at the outer region of the rotor/stator clearance. With the result of droplet size distribution and droplet velocity above the rotor/stator, we propose the model of the oil droplet’s path above the rotor/stator, which can be understood as the coupling of a swirling jet and a rotating disk.

scholarly journals Experimental study of the dynamic behaviour of High Performance Concrete (HPC) under tensile loading

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bratislav Lukić ◽  
Dominique Saletti ◽  
Pascal Forquin
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Spall Strength ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Dynamic Tensile Strength ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Local Point ◽  
Measurement Results

This paper presents the measurement results of the dynamic tensile strength of a High Performance Concrete (HPC) obtained using full-field identification method. An ultra-high speed imaging system and the virtual fields method were used to obtain this information. Furthermore the measurement results were compared with the local point-wise measurement to validate the data pressing. The obtained spall strength was found to be consistently 20% lower than the one obtained when the Novikov formula is used.

Nucleate Boiling From Micro-Machined Surfaces

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian M. Holland ◽  
Colin P. Garner
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Laser System ◽  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Frame Rate ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Machined Surfaces

This paper discusses the production and use of laser-machined surfaces that provide enhanced nucleate boiling and heat transfer characteristics. The surface features of heated plates are known to have a significant effect on nucleate boiling heat transfer and bubble growth dynamics. Nucleate boiling starts from discrete bubbles that form on surface imperfections, such as cavities or scratches. The gas or vapours trapped in these imperfections serve as nuclei for the bubbles. After inception, the bubbles grow to a certain size and depart from the surface. In this work, special heated surfaces were manufactured by laser machining cavities into polished aluminium plates. This was accomplished with a Nd:YAG laser system, which allowed drilling of cavities of a known diameter. The size range of cavities was 20 to 250 micrometers. The resulting nucleate pool boiling was analysed using a novel high-speed imaging system comprising an infrared laser and high resolution CCD camera. This system was operated up to a 2 kHz frame rate and digital image processing allowed bubbles to be analysed statistically in terms of departure diameter, departure frequency, growth rate, shape and velocity. Data was obtained for heat fluxes up to 60 kW.m−2. Bubble measurements were obtained working with water at atmospheric pressure. The surface cavity diameters were selected to control the temperature at which vapour bubbles started to grow on the surface. The selected size and spacing of the cavities was also explored to provide optimal heat transfer.

scholarly journals Low-Cost High-Speed Imaging System for Observing Vocal Fold Vibration in Voice Disorders

ORL ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Kaneko ◽  
Koichi Sakaguchi ◽  
Masato Inoue ◽  
Haruo Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Fold ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Vocal Fold Vibration

Velocity Measurements Using High-Speed Imaging System for Impact Test

2014 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Aziz Jaafar ◽  
Anwar P.P. Abdul Majeed ◽  
S.M. Sapuan ◽  
Shahnor Basri
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Impact Test ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Glass Composite ◽  
Free Flight ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Fibre Glass ◽  
System A ◽  
Kinematic Properties

This paper presents the velocity measurements for an impact test on a laminated fibre-glass composite plate. The free flight kinematic properties of a blunt-nosed cylindrical projectile on the upstream and downstream of a test coupon were measured using a high-speed camera imaging system. A visual geometric detection technique is discussed and it is shown that the uncertainties of velocity measurements are associated with an imposed constraint on the camera viewing area and shutter speed.

A visible light high-speed imaging system and tomographic reconstruction of plasma emissivity on the J-TEXT tokamak

2019 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 578-581
Author(s):  
Minghui Xia ◽  
Zhipeng Chen ◽  
Huapu Deng ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Lizhi Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Tomographic Reconstruction ◽  
High Speed Imaging
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