A study of clearance height on the performance of single-screw expanders in small-scale organic Rankine cycles

Lili Shen, Wei Wang, Yuting Wu, Biao Lei, Ruiping Zhi, Yuanwei Lu, Jingfu Wang and Chongfang Ma

Energy, 2018, vol. 153, issue C, 45-55

Abstract: A single-screw expander (SSE) is a type of volumetric expander that can be applied to low-grade heat and waste heat recovery utilizing the organic Rankine cycle system. In this paper, a new thermodynamic modeling of SSEs considering the friction power consumption is carried out to examine the performance. The mathematical model was verified by experimental results, and the calculation results have a good agreement with the experimental results. The clearance height has great influence on the expander performance. The influence of clearance height on the leakage flow rate, friction power consumption, volumetric and isentropic efficiency were investigated. Results show that path L8, L7 and L2+4 are the three main leakage paths, and path L8, L7 and L9 are the three main friction power consumption. Compared with the meshing clearance height, the fitting clearance has a more significant effect on the performance of SSEs. Setting a higher fitting clearance and meshing clearance is an effective measure to reduce friction power consumption and prevent gaterotor wear, respectively. It would be favorable if the fitting and meshing clearance height is no less than 0.04 mm and 0.02 mm, respectively.

Keywords: Single-screw expander; Performance; Leakage; Friction; Efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.02.004

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