Abstract
Axial breather is the important component to separate oil from oil-gas two-phase flow and reduce the consumption of lubricating oil circulation. This paper focused on the oil-gas separation efficiency of axial breather with honeycomb, and the mathematical model was established. ANSYS-Fluent was adopted for numerical computation, and the characteristics of oil-gas separation efficiency with droplet diameter and rotation speed were achieved. The results show that the axial breather with honeycomb designed here has favourable separation efficiency, which is estimated as 99.6% for an average oil droplet diameter of 5 μm, and the honeycomb structure plays a major role in the oil-gas separation of breather, where the amount of oil separation account for 80% of total amount of oil separation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 128-132 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| State | Published - 2015 |
| Event | 7th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2015 - Cairns, Australia Duration: 25 Nov 2015 → 27 Nov 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 7th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Cairns |
| Period | 25/11/15 → 27/11/15 |
Keywords
- Aero-Engine
- Axial breather
- Honeycomb structure
- Separation efficiency