Summary
To achieve higher efficiency of twin-screw compressors for refrigeration, the non-uniform internal pressure distribution in the rotor chamber and the flat section in the p-θ diagram were investigated in this paper. A three-dimensional CFD model of a twin-screw refrigeration compressor for chillers was established to analyze the generating mechanism of the flat section in the p-θ diagram. The p-θ diagrams of the compressor were compared under different rotational speeds and working fluids. Analysis results showed that the flat section in the p-θ diagram is caused by the periodic pressure wave propagation and reflection along the working chamber, and the pressure along the chamber is non-uniform when the sound speed is relatively slow compared with the chamber length in one compression cycle. A dimensionless ratio of chamber length and pressure wave travel distance is proposed to estimate the pressure distribution in the working chamber, based on which the flat section is prone to appear in large-scale compressors with low sound speed refrigerants like R134a. Some improvement directions were put forward to avoid efficiency losses, i.e., appropriately delaying the suction end angle and modifying the discharge port to match the pressure distribution.
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- Original title: Study on non-uniform internal pressure distribution of twin-screw refrigeration compressor.
- Record ID : 30031933
- Languages: English
- Subject: Technology
- Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 152
- Publication date: 2023/08
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2023.04.017
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- Keywords: Screw compressor; Pressure; Wave; Efficiency; Modelling
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