基金项目:国家重大基础研究项目(631321)
作者简介:党枭睿(1999—),男,硕士,研究领域为液体火箭发动机涡轮泵。
在涡轮泵中设计平衡活塞结构是用来平衡轴向力的重要方法之一,平衡活塞通过调节涡轮泵叶轮和壳体间隙的压力分布降低轴向力大小,而在平衡活塞内增设凹槽结构则可以更好地平衡轴向力、扩大平衡轴向力的工作范围。针对凹槽结构的工作特性研究问题,建立了带不同凹槽结构的平衡活塞后泄漏流道数值仿真模型,并根据仿真结果对平衡活塞后泄漏流道内的压力分布、流动特性和敏感性进行分析。数值仿真结果表明:凹槽结构带来的进出口轴向速度,即转静空腔径向速度增加导致平衡活塞后泄漏流道总流阻降低,泄漏流量增加,迷宫密封处压降升高。流经凹槽结构的流体角动量和切向速度降低是径向压差降低的主要原因。凹槽结构上半部分对于平衡轴向力起主要作用,下半部分则无明显平衡轴向力效果。此外,轴向力对凹槽宽度变化十分敏感,凹槽深度变化则对其影响较小。
The design of balanced piston structure in turbopump is one of the most important methods to balance the axial force. The balanced piston reduces the axial force by adjusting the pressure distribution between the impeller and shell,while adding a groove structure in the balanced piston can better balance the axial force and expand its working range. In view of the working characteristics of the groove structure,a numerical simulation model of the balanced piston with different grooves was established,and the pressure distribution,flow characteristics and sensitivity analysis of the balanced piston were analyzed based on the numerical simulation results. The numerical simulation results show that the increase of inlet and outlet axial velocity caused by the groove structure,which is the radial velocity of the rotating static cavity,leads to a decrease of the total flow resistance,an increase of the leakage flow,and an increase of the pressure drop at the labyrinth seal. In addition,the decrease of the angular momentum and tangential velocity of the fluid flowing through the groove structure is the main reason for the decrease of the radial pressure difference. The upper part of the groove structure plays a major role in balancing the axial force,while the lower part has no obvious effect on balancing axial force. Moreover,the axial force is sensitive to the change of the groove width,but the change of the groove depth has little effect on it.