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Thermal effects in two-phase flow through face seals. ph.d. thesis
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Basu, Prithwish |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | When liquid is sealed at high temperature, it flashes inside the seal due to pressure drop and/or viscous heat dissipation. Two-phase seals generally exhibit more erratic behavior than their single phase counterparts. Thermal effects, which are often neglected in single phase seal analyses, play an important role in determining seal behavior under two-phase operation. It is necessary to consider the heat generation due to viscous shear, conduction into the seal rings and convection with the leakage flow. Analytical models developed work reasonably well at the two extremes - for low leakage rates when convection is neglected and for higher leakage rates when conduction is neglected. A preliminary model, known as the Film Coefficient Model, is presented which considers conduction and convection both, and allows continuous boiling over an extended region unlike the previous low-leakage rate model which neglects convection and always forces a discrete boiling interface. Another simplified, semi-analytical model, based on the assumption of isothermal conditions along the seal interafce, has been developed for low leakage rates. The Film Coefficient Model may be used for more accurate and realistic description. |
| File Size | 1681055 |
| Page Count | 38 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890004417 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t20c9v95b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Mechanical Engineering Seals Stoppers Flashing Vaporizing Liquids Two Phase Flow Thermal Analysis High Temperature Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
