Design and Numerical Simulation Research of Cyclone Separator for Reducing Oil Content in Rolling Rotor Compressor
In order to reduce the oil content of exhaust gas of the rolling rotor compressor,the cyclone separator is introduced into the rolling rotor compressor. Two structural types of cyclone separators for reducing the oil content of the rolling rotor compressor are designed. And then the numerical simulation software Star-CCM+is used to simulate and the oil-gas separation performance of cyclone separator is analyzed. The research shows that as the diameter of the exhaust pipe is decreased from 16 mm to 8 mm,the oil and gas separation efficiency of the cyclone separator is increased from 89.69% to 100.00%. As the inlet width is decreased from 6.4 mm to 4.4 mm,the oil and gas separation efficiency is increased from 89.47% to 100.00%. Based on the initial cyclone model,when the exhaust pipe diameter is less than or equal to 14 mm or the inlet width is less than or equal to 6.0 mm,the oil and gas separation efficiency is above 90%. And the oil-gas separation efficiency of the cyclone separator can be improved by appropriately reducing the exhaust pipe diameter and inlet width.
Oil and gas separationRolling rotor compressorCyclone separatorStar-CCM+Numerical simulation