Numerical study on the effect of oil removal from aero-engine bearing chamber and improvement

Yaguo Lyu, Jingyu Zhao, Zhenxia Liu, Guozhe Ren

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Abstract

Effective oil removal from the scavenge is essential to improve the oil distribution in the bearing chamber and avoid excessive heat generation, especially under the high rotation speed. In this paper, based on an simplified bearing chamber, two oil-return structures for scavenge offtakes (ramp sump and eccentricity sump) are designed and improved, the oil-gas two-phase flow model with Volume of Fluid (VOF) is proposed, and characteristics of two-phase flow field and oil-return efficiency from the scavenge are calculated in ANSYS-Fluent version 14.5. The results show that it is effective to maintain the high oil-return efficiency under the high rotation speed by improving oil-return structures, and the oil film accumulation on the bearing chamber wall can also be improved to a certain extent.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSociety of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2016
PublisherSociety of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
Pages197-200
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781510825048
StatePublished - 2016
Event71st Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2016 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 15 May 201619 May 2016

Publication series

NameSociety of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2016

Conference

Conference71st Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period15/05/1619/05/16

Keywords

  • Bearing chamber
  • Eccentricity sump offtake
  • Oil/gas two-phase flow
  • Scavenge efficiency
  • Volume of fluid

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