Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application
The turbomachinery used in the sCO<sub>2</sub> power cycle requires a high stable rotor-bearing system because they are usually designed to operate in extremely high-pressure and temperature conditions. In this paper, we present a pump-drive turbine module applying hydrostatic bearing us...
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| description | The turbomachinery used in the sCO<sub>2</sub> power cycle requires a high stable rotor-bearing system because they are usually designed to operate in extremely high-pressure and temperature conditions. In this paper, we present a pump-drive turbine module applying hydrostatic bearing using liquid CO<sub>2</sub> as the lubricant for a 250 kW supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> power cycle. This design is quite favorable because stable operation is possible due to the high stiffness and damping of the hydrostatic bearing, and the oil purity system is not necessary when using liquid CO<sub>2</sub> as the lubricant. The pump-drive turbine module was designed to operate at 21,000 rpm with the rated power of 143 kW. The high-pressure liquid CO<sub>2</sub> was supplied to the bearing, and the orifice restrictor was used for the flow control device. We selected the orifice diameter providing the maximum bearing stiffness and also conducted a rotordynamic performance prediction based on the designed pump-drive turbine module. The predicted Campbell diagram indicates that a wide range of operation is possible because there is no critical speed below the rated speed. In addition, an operation test was conducted for the manufactured pump-drive turbine module in the supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> cycle test loop. During the operation, the pressurized CO<sub>2</sub> of the 70 bar was supplied to the bearing for the lubrication and the shaft vibration was monitored. The successful operation was possible up to the rated speed and the test results showed that shaft vibration is controlled at the level of 2 μm for the entire speed range. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65bd822568e840a9ac5ac2d01ea67f6a2023-11-20T15:28:35ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-09-011019682410.3390/app10196824Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle ApplicationDonghyun Lee0Byungock Kim1Mooryong Park2Hyungsoo Lim3Euisoo Yoon4Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, KoreaKorea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, KoreaKorea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, KoreaKorea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, KoreaKorea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 34103, KoreaThe turbomachinery used in the sCO<sub>2</sub> power cycle requires a high stable rotor-bearing system because they are usually designed to operate in extremely high-pressure and temperature conditions. In this paper, we present a pump-drive turbine module applying hydrostatic bearing using liquid CO<sub>2</sub> as the lubricant for a 250 kW supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> power cycle. This design is quite favorable because stable operation is possible due to the high stiffness and damping of the hydrostatic bearing, and the oil purity system is not necessary when using liquid CO<sub>2</sub> as the lubricant. The pump-drive turbine module was designed to operate at 21,000 rpm with the rated power of 143 kW. The high-pressure liquid CO<sub>2</sub> was supplied to the bearing, and the orifice restrictor was used for the flow control device. We selected the orifice diameter providing the maximum bearing stiffness and also conducted a rotordynamic performance prediction based on the designed pump-drive turbine module. The predicted Campbell diagram indicates that a wide range of operation is possible because there is no critical speed below the rated speed. In addition, an operation test was conducted for the manufactured pump-drive turbine module in the supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> cycle test loop. During the operation, the pressurized CO<sub>2</sub> of the 70 bar was supplied to the bearing for the lubrication and the shaft vibration was monitored. The successful operation was possible up to the rated speed and the test results showed that shaft vibration is controlled at the level of 2 μm for the entire speed range.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6824supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> cyclehydrostatic bearing |
| spellingShingle | Donghyun Lee Byungock Kim Mooryong Park Hyungsoo Lim Euisoo Yoon Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application Applied Sciences supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> cycle hydrostatic bearing |
| title | Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application |
| title_full | Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application |
| title_fullStr | Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application |
| title_short | Development of Pump-Drive Turbine Module with Hydrostatic Bearing for Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> Power Cycle Application |
| title_sort | development of pump drive turbine module with hydrostatic bearing for supercritical co sub 2 sub power cycle application |
| topic | supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> cycle hydrostatic bearing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6824 |
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