8th International Conference on Compressors and their Systems : 9-10 September 2013, City University London, UK

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8th International Conference on Compressors and their Systems : 9-10 September 2013, City University London, UK

Woodhead Pub., 2013

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"... the conference is conducted by the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at City University in conjunction with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) ..."--Foreword

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This book contains the papers from the 2013 International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems, held from 9-10 September at City University London. The long-running conference series is the ultimate global forum for reviewing the latest developments and novel approaches in compressor research. High-quality technical papers are sourced from around the globe, covering technology development, operation, maintenance and reliability, safety and environmental impact, energy efficiency and carbon footprint, system integration and behaviour, upgrades and refurbishment, design and manufacture, education and professional development. All the papers are previously unpublished and constitute leading edge research.

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Dedication Sponsors Foreword Keynote Papers What does the future hold for compressor manufacturers? ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 TRENDS IN REFRIGERATION 3 ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES 4 ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 5 NEW TECHNOLOGIES 6 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CHANGE 7 CONCLUSIONS Recent research of novel compression concepts for vapor compression heat pumping, air conditioning and refrigeration systems ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 BOWTIE COMPRESSOR 3 ROTARY SPOOL COMPRESSOR 4 Z-COMPRESSOR 5 LINEAR COMPRESSOR 6 DIAPHRAGM COMPRESSOR 7 SUMMARY Sliding vane rotary compressor technology and energy saving ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 1 SLIDING VANE COMPRESSOR TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION 2 SLIDING VANE COMPRESSOR: PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION 2 PREMIUM SECTORS OF SVRC 3 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Compressor Systems Experimental study of compressor operating characteristics and performance when using refrigerants R32, R1234yf, and two new low GWP developmental refrigerants as drop-in replacements for R410A ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENT Performance and suitability comparisons of some R22 possible substitute refrigerants ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COMPARISONS OF DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 3 COMPARISONS OF COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING R22 SYSTEMS 4 COMPARISONS OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCES 5 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENT Oil level measurement in oil-injected screw compressor packages used in the petroleum, petrochemical, refrigeration and fuel gas markets ABSTRACT 1 OIL-INJECTED SCREW COMPRESSOR LUBRICATION OIL SYSTEM 2 LEVEL MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES 3 CONCLUSIONS Simulation of a cold climate heat pump furnished with a scroll compressor with multiple vapor injection lines ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COMPRESSOR ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION 3 CYCLE ANALYSIS 4 COMPRESSOR SIMULATION WITH ONE PAIR OF INJECTION PORTS 5 OPTIMIZATION OF VAPOR-INJECTED COMPRESSORS WITH ONE AND TWO INJECTION LINES CONCLUSIONS Compressor for exhaust treatment of non-road vehicles ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COR (R) TECHNOLOGY 3 COR (R) COMPRESSOR 4 DEVELOPMENT OF PLASTIC ROTORS FOR THE COR (R) COMPRESSOR 5 CONCLUSION 6 OUTLOOK Screw pulsation generation and control: a shock tube mechanism ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 SCREW PULSATION GENERATION MECHANISM: A SHOCK TUBE THEORY 3 PULSATION CONTROL: PULSATION TRAP METHOD 4 CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Numerical analysis of unsteady behaviour of a screw compressor plant system ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE SCREW COMPRESSOR PLANT 3 EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL 4 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SIMULATED CASES 5 CONCLUSION Optimization of integrated energy process in China industrial compressed air system ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Investigation on working characteristics of micro compressed air energy storage system ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 3 THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS 4 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 5 CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Energy Efficiency Compressor and system energy efficiency improvements through lubricant optimization ABSTRACT 1 IMPORTANCE OF LUBRICANT OPTIMIZATION 2 EVALUATION OF LUBRICANT AND REFRIGERANT INTERACTIONS 3 LUBRICANT AND REFRIGERANT INTERACTION STUDIES 4 CONCLUSIONS Energy saving in sliding vane rotary compressors ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 OIL INJECTION MODELING INSIDE THE VANE 3 EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITY 4 RESULTS 5 CONCLUSIONS Energy recovery using sliding vane rotary expanders ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 1 MODEL DESCRIPTION 2 EXPERIMENTAL SET UP 3 EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITY 4 CONCLUSIONS Screw Compressors Calculation of discharge pressure pulsations of a screw compressor using the one-dimensional method of characteristics ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MODELLING 3 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 5 CONCLUSIONS Discussion of actual profile clearances' calculation method in rotary compressors in the absence of rotor timing units ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM, CALCULATION PLAN 3 COORDINATES OF THE ROTOR PROFILE 4 DETERMINATION OF THE ANGULAR CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE ROTORS 5 DYNAMICS OF A FREE ROTOR AND POSSIBILITY OF ITS EXIT FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH A MALE ROTOR 6 RESULTS 7 CONCLUSIONS Theoretical analysis of loads on the gate rotor bearings in the single screw compressor ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GEOMETRIC MODEL 3 FORCE ANALYSIS OF THE GATE ROTOR SHAFT BEARINGS 4 RESULT 5 CONCLUSION Investigation of heat exchange in the working chamber of rotary compressors ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ROTARY COMPRESSOR WITH EXTERNAL COMPRESSION (ROOTS TYPE) 3 ROTARY COMPRESSOR WITH INTERNAL COMPRESSION 4 RESULTS OF THE THERMOMETRY IN THE WORKING CAVITY OF ROTARY COMPRESSORS 5 METHOD OF DETERMINING HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT 6 GENERALIZATION OF THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT IN THE DIMENSIONLESS FORM 7 INFLUENCE OF HEAT EXCHANGE ON THE RESULTS OF MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF THE WORKING PROCESSES IN ROTARY COMPRESSORS 8 CONCLUSIONS Experimental validation of a geometry model for twin screw machines ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GEOMETRY MODEL 3 MODEL VERIFICATION 4 CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER WORK 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Thermodynamic simulation of multi-stage screw compressors using chamber-based screw model ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MODELING OF SCREW COMPRESSORS 3 THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS 4 SIMULATION TOOL 5 SIMULATION RESULTS 6 CONCLUSION Effect of variable volume index on performance of single screw compressor ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 INTEGRATED PART LOAD VALUE (IPLV) 3 VARIABLE VOLUME INDEX (VI) SYSTEM 4 RESULTS 5 CONCLUSION Investigations of deformation failure of the slide valve in single screw refrigeration compressors ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MODELING 3 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS 4 CONCLUSIONS Scroll Compressors Assessment of reed valve dynamic behavior in a scroll compressor through visualization ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 METHODS 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 CONCLUSIONS 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fatigue design and safety factor for scroll compressor wraps ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 FATIGUE ANALYSIS 3 MATERIAL: DUCTILE AND GREY CAST IRON 4 FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH 5 SIMULATION MODELS 6 RESULTS 7 FURTHER WORK 8 CONCLUSIONS Simulation model to predict temperature distribution along scroll wraps ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MATHEMATICAL MODEL 3 SOLUTION PROCEDURE 4 RESULTS 5 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oil flow at discharge valve in a scroll compressor ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 METHODS 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 CONCLUSIONS 5 FUTURE WORK 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Novel Compressors and Manufacturing Technologies Analysis and development of a new compressor device based on the new finned piston ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN 3 COMPRESSOR DESCRIPTION 4 EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE 5 COMPARISON AND CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oil-flooded screw vacuum pumps with a novel flexible discharge port design ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE DESIGN OF SCREW VACUUM PUMP WITH FLEXIBLE DISCHARGE PORT 3 THE AVERAGE PRESSURE OF THE LAST CLOSED LOBE 4 MEASUREMENT RESULTS OF A SCREW VACUUM PUMP WITH THE FLEXIBLE DISCHARGE PORT AND DISCUSSIONS 5 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Spool compressor tip seal design considerations ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 TIP SEAL BEHAVIOR 3 HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS 4 DYNAMIC ANALYSIS 5 MODEL SOLUTION 6 MODEL RESULTS 7 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 8 CONCLUSION 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Generating grinding in rotor production - KAPP rotor grinding machine RX 120 ABSTRACT 1 MANUFACTURING CHAIN OF SMALL ROTORS - STATE OF THE ART 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF GENERATING GRINDING 3 GENERATING GRINDING OF SCREW-TYPE COMPRESSOR ROTORS 4 PROCESS PERFORMANCE 5 MACHINE CONCEPT RX 120 6 INTEGRATED LOADING AND DEBURRING 4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Experimental study of noise and vibration reduction in a medium-size oil-flooded twin-screw compressor by the application of helix relief ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 TRANSMISSION ERROR SIMULATION 3 DESIGN OF RELIEF 4 NOISE TEST 5 CONCLUSIONS Reciprocating Compressors Survey of factors influencing reciprocating compressor efficiencies and discharge gas temperatures ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ENERGY BALANCE, SPECIFIC ENTHALPIES AND TEMPERATURES 3 MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO SIMULATE COMPRESSOR OPERATION 4 IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING REAL GAS BEHAVIOUR 5 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GAS FLOW RATE 6 CONCLUSION An investigation of the heat transfer phenomena between the hermetic reciprocating compressor components ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES 3 ANALYTICAL MODELLING 4 RESULTS 5 CONCLUSION 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Study of aerodynamic noise in hermetic refrigerator compressor ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION OF COMPRESSOR NOISE 2 SIMULATION OF WORKING PROCESS OF COMPRESSOR 3 CALCULATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE SUCTION NOISE 4 ANALYSIS OF MODIFIED MUFFLER 5 CONCLUSION Expanders Physics of a dry running unsynchronized twin screw expander ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE SCREW EXPANDER GL51.2-M 3 BASIS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS 4 INVESTIGATION RESULTS 5 SUMMARY 3D CFD analysis of a twin screw expander ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CFD ANALYSIS OF A TWIN SCREW EXPANDER 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4 CONCLUSION Sizing models and performance analysis of volumetric expansion machines for waste heat recovery through organic Rankine cycles on passenger cars ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 1 STATE OF THE ART 2 EXPANDER MODELS 3 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 4 QUALITY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS 5 DECISION ARRAY 6 CONCLUSION Simulation of expansion process in positive displacement expander ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 INTRODUCTION TO SUPERFRACTION 3 THERMODYNAMIC MODEL SPECIFICS OF THE EXPANSION PROCESS 4 PORT FLOW MODEL SPECIFICS 5 EXPANSION RPOCESS ANALYSIS EXAMPLE 6 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Investigation on a scroll expander for waste heat recovery on internal combustion engines ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MODELIZATION OF THE SCROLL EXPANDER 3 NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS 4 CONCLUSION Turbo Machines Oil-free centrifugal refrigeration compressors: from HFC134a to HFO1234ze(E) ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS AND THEIR OPERATING CONDITIONS 3 NEW REFRIGERANTS IN OIL-FREE COMPRESSORS 4 THE FIRST AIR-COOLED CHILLER WITH HFO1234ZE(E) CONCLUSIONS The application of the Universal Modeling Method to development of centrifugal compressor model stages ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION MODERNIZATION OF MODELING TECHNOLOGY PLANT TEST PERFORMANCE CURVE MODELING MODEL STAGES' PERFORMANCE CURVES DERIVED FROM TEST DATA CONCLUSION Flow and performance investigation of the specially designed channel diffuser of centrifugal compressor ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 DESIGN METHOD 3 APPLICATION OF THE DESIGN METHOD FOR THE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR MODEL STAGE 4 EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY AND MEASUREMENTS 5 NUMERICAL SIMULATION 6 CONCLUSIONS Investigation of gas flow with injection in vaneless diffuser of centrifugal compressor ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MODEL DESCRIPTION AND ASSUMPTIONS 3 RESULTS OF CALCULATIONS 4 CONCLUSIONS Experimental study of radial low specific speed turbocompressor running in reverse as turboexpander ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MARKET RESEARCH 3 DESIGNS 4 EXPERIMENTAL RIG 5 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 6 POWER LOSS CALCULATIONS 7 CONCLUSIONS Shape optimization of a centrifugal compressor impeller ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 4 CONCLUSION Centrifugal compressor efficiency types and rational application ABSTRACT EFFICIENCY FOR CALCULATION OF GAS PARAMETERS IN FLOW PATH ELEMENTS POWER CONSUMPTION CALCULATION COMPARISON OF COMPRESSORS AERODYNAMIC PERFECTNESS LOSS ESTIMATION CONCLUSION Valves Historic review of attempts to model valve dynamics ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 HISTORICAL RETROSPECT 3 ANALYSIS OF VALVE PLATE MOTION 4 THERE IS NO DANGER IN RESONANCE 5 CONCLUSIONS Numerical analysis of seat impact of reed type valves ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 NUMERICAL MODEL 3 DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS FOR VALVE IMPACT 4 RESULTS OF SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS 5 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The improved valve assembly of swash plate compressor for vehicle air conditioning system ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE COMPRESSOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT DESIGN 3 THE TEST RESULTS OF IMPROVED VALVE ASSEMBLY 4 CONCLUSIONS Transient and dynamic numerical simulation of the fluid flow through valves based on large eddy simulation models ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MATHEMACIAL FORMULATION AND NUMERICAL METHOD 3 COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN, MESH AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS 4 NUMERICAL RESULTS 5 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Computational Fluid Dynamics Use of computational fluid dynamics to develop improved one-dimensional thermodynamic analyses of refrigerant screw compressors ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COMPARISON TO TESTS 3 FLOW THROUGH RADIAL GAPS BETWEEN ROTORS AND HOUSING 4 FLOW THROUGH BLOWHOLE 5 CONCLUDING REMARKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CFD grid generation and analysis of screw compressor with variable geometry rotors ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GRID GENERATION FOR VARIABLE PITCH AND VARIABLE PROFILE SCREW ROTORS 3 CFD ANALYSIS 4 CONCLUSION CFD modelling of scroll compressor intermediate discharge ports ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 SIMPLIFICATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS 3 CFD MODEL 4 CALCULATIONS 5 RESULTS 6 CONCLUSIONS 7 FUTURE WORK CFD analysis of pressure pulsation in screw compressors - Combine theory with practice ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PRESSURE PULSATION 3 INFLUENCE OF THE MESHES IN CFD SIMULATION 4 MODELLING PULSATION IN SCREW COMPRESSORS 5 SIMULATION RESULTS 6 CONCLUSION CFD analyses of a radial inflow turbine ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CFD MODELLING 3 STEADY SIMULATIONS 4 UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS 5 CONCLUSION Numerical and experimental investigation of the efficiency of vaned diffuser of centrifugal compressor ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION GEOMETRY COMPUTATIONAL GRID ASSUMPTIONS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS CONVERGENCE CRITERIA COMPARISON OF RESULTS VANED DIFFUSER EFFICIENCY CONCLUSIONS Simulation and validation of the compressor stage of a turbocharger using OpenFOAM ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 NUMERICAL SETUP 3 NASA CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR 4 COMPRESSOR SIDE OF A TURBOCHARGER 5 CONCLUSION Influence of the suction arrangement and geometry of the inlet port on the performance of twin screw compressors ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 EXPERIMENTAL BACKGROUND 3 NUMERICAL MODELS 4 NUMERICAL RESULTS CONCLUSIONS Modelling A new dynamic heat pump simulation model with variable speed compressors under frosting conditions ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 HEAT PUMP SIMULATION MODEL 3 FROSTING MODEL DEVELOPMENT 4 HEAT PUMP SIMULATION UNDER FROSTING CONDITION 5 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKS Developing simulation tools for design of low charge vapour compression refrigeration systems ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 DESIGN METHOD TO OPTIMIZE ROOM AIR CONDITIONER 3 HEAT EXCHANGER SIMULATION TOOL FOR 5 MM DIAMETER TUBES 4 SYSTEM SIMULATION TOOL FOR AIR CONDITIONER 5 VALIDATION FOR SIMULATION TOOLS 6 CONCLUSION Modeling of small-size turbocharger compressors' performance curves ABSTRACT ANNOTATION TEST METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS MODELING METHOD MODELING PROCESS AND RESULTS CONCLUSION Development of a generalized steady-state simulation framework for positive displacement compressors and expanders ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COMPONENT MODELS 3 CYCLE SOLVER 4 OVERALL SOLVER 5 CONCLUSIONS A parallel object oriented code framework for numerical simulation of reciprocating compressors - introduction of solid parts modeling ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COMPRESSOR MODELING APPROACH 3 CASE DESCRIPTION 4 NUMERICAL RESULTS 5 CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the basic geometrical parameters influence on the efficiency of the Roots-type compressor on the basis of thermodynamic processes simulation ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS 3 MATHEMATICAL MODEL 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 5 CONCLUSIONS A comprehensive simulation model of the dynamics of the revolving vane machine ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GEOMETRICAL MODELS 3 DYNAMICS MODEL 4 THERMODYNAMICS MODEL 5 SIMULATION PROCEDURES 6 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 7 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENT Author Index

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    BB13924921
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    • 9781782421696
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    2013946843
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
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    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
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    758 p.
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    25 cm
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