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Turbomachines seal flow resistance enhancement and leakage reduction based on flow control method with bow-shaped auxiliary teeth

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  • Zhang, Mingjie
  • Yang, Jiangang
  • Zhang, Wanfu
  • Gu, Qianlei

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Improving sealing performance without clearance reduction is important for the economic and safety operation of modern turbomachines. For this purpose, this study proposes the bow-shaped auxiliary teeth to reduce the leakage. One bow-shaped auxiliary tooth is installed after each seal tooth to guide the leakage jet towards the side wall of seal tooth. Then the leakage jet attaches itself to the inner wall of cavity. The Computational Fluid Dynamics method is used to calculate the flow field in the new seal. Results show that flow impingements, flow deflections, and enhanced vena contraction effect increase the leakage flow resistance and reduce the leakage velocity. The application of the bow-shaped auxiliary teeth reduces the leakage flow rate by 43.8–46.3 % compared with the labyrinth seal. Geometry parameters analysis shows that reducing the axial distance between seal tooth and bow-shaped auxiliary tooth, and increasing the central angle of bow-shaped auxiliary tooth are beneficial for leakage reduction. With the increase in the radius of bow-shaped auxiliary tooth, the leakage firstly decreases and then changes a little.

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  • Zhang, Mingjie & Yang, Jiangang & Zhang, Wanfu & Gu, Qianlei, 2024. "Turbomachines seal flow resistance enhancement and leakage reduction based on flow control method with bow-shaped auxiliary teeth," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 300(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:300:y:2024:i:c:s036054422401404x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131631
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