CALCULATION_OF_THE_INTER-LOBE_CLEARANCE_DISTRIBUTION_OF_TWIN-SCREW_COMPRESSOR_BY_OPTIMIZATION_ME.pdfVIP

C020, CALCULATION OF THE INTER-LOBE CLEARANCE DISTRIBUTION OF TWIN-SCREW COMPRESSOR BY OPTIMIZATION METHOD Wei XIONG School of Environmental Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture Technology, Xi’an 710055, shaanxi, China Phone: 86-29-座机电话号码 Fax: 86-29-座机电话号码 E-mail: zhangbin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn ABSTRACT Small rotor clearance is today a vital prerequisite for an efficient screw compressor. The clearance will increase compressor leakage, and thereby minimize both the volumetric and adiabatic efficiency. But, the inter-lobe clearance is necessary for compressor running. Therefore, a mathematical apparatus to quantify the inter-lobe clearance is precondition of taking a reasonable inter-lobe clearance. An optimization method is presented in this paper in which the inter-lobe clearance is calculated as the minimum distance between the two rotors along the contact line. And the actual position of the rotors in running state was considered, in which the rotors contacted with each other in the drive surface. Therefore the calculation of inter-lobe clearance is transformed to the calculation of the minimum distance distribution between the two rotors along the contact line in contact state. The results show that this algorithm obtains full inter-lobe clearance between the two rotor surfaces with higher accuracy. 1. INTRODUCTION Screw compressors have the advantage of simple structure, high reliability and easy to operate. So, they are used for the compression of a vast range of gases and vapors including refrigerants. They are widely used in the industrial process industries; they are also used as the compressors in factory based compressed air supplies. Inter-lobe clearance is today a vital factor for an efficient screw compressor. Manufacturers produce clearance between rotors to accommodate tolerance build-up, gas force deflections and the thermal distortions that occur during operation. The clearance will increase compressor leakage, and th