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Extended Windage Loss Models for Gas Bearing Supported Spindles Operated in Dense Gases

Rosset, Kevin  
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Schiffmann, Juerg  
June 1, 2020
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Generic models are proposed to evaluate the skin friction coefficient acting on enclosed rotating disks and cylinders under various flow regimes. In particular, a model taking into account the inner radius of the disk is developed. The models are compared with experimental data obtained from coast-down tests of a high-speed spindle supported on gas lubricated bearings, operated in air and in halocarbon R245fa at various pressures. The windage losses are first computed considering state-of-the-art laminar flow loss models in the gas bearings and an experimentally validated laminar-turbulent flow loss model in the air gap. This reference approach predicts the air data with a good accuracy (deviation less than 5%) but underestimates the organic fluid data by up to 36%. This deviation is considerably reduced (max 6.8%) when applying the proposed multiflow regime loss model for enclosed rotating disks to the thrust bearing. Finally, the proposed laminar-turbulent flow loss model for enclosed rotating cylinders is simultaneously applied to the journal bearings and the air gap. A peak deviation of 6.5% is maintained among all test cases when setting the critical Taylor number to an artificial value (67) instead of the theoretical value (41.1) characterizing the onset of growth of Taylor vortices. Taking into account the uncertainties on the bearing clearances, as well as on the operating pressure and temperature, a +/- 10% agreement with the experimental data is obtained.

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research article
DOI
10.1115/1.4047124
Web of Science ID

WOS:000538158000009

Author(s)
Rosset, Kevin  
Schiffmann, Juerg  
Date Issued

2020-06-01

Published in
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
Volume

142

Issue

6

Article Number

061010

Subjects

Engineering, Mechanical

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Engineering

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windage

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loss model

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skin friction coefficient

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enclosed rotating cylinder

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enclosed rotating disk

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laminar flow

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turbulent flow

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gas bearing

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grooved bearing

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air-gap

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high-speed spindle

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dense gas

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rotor power losses

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cylinders

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torque

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LAMD  
FunderGrant Number

CTI/Innosuisse

17569.1 PFIW-IW

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June 20, 2020
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/169480
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