Design & Manufacture
Jiang Yunhui, Chen Yaping, Wu Jiafeng, Gu Huaduo
A new type sliding vane expander was proposed, in which the air cylinder rotating with the rotor can effectively reduce the wear and friction in the cylinder, the working volume can be increased by reducing the rotor, and the flow condition can be improved by adding guide vanes. In order to explore the influence of rotor structure on the performance of expander, the RNG k-ε turbulence model was selected and four schemes with different rotor sizes were simulated by FLUENT software and dynamic grid technology, and the characteristics of internal flow field, as well as the change rules of exhaust flow, temperature and leakage flow were obtained. The results show that the minimum clearance ratio increases from 0.03 to 0.06, the continuity and stability of exhaust are enhanced, the average exhaust flow is increased by 80.66%, the average exhaust temperature is decreased by 11.21 K, the average leakage is decreased by 2.13%, and the isentropic efficiency is increased by 5.08 percentage points.