Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Oil-Free Bearings and their Application in Diagnostics of High-Speed Turbomachinery

Abstract:

In order to reduce the risk of failures, the optimal design selection from the viewpoint of machine reliability must be conducted. Therefore, one should analyze thoroughly the dynamics of the rotor-bearing-casing system in the whole operating range of the machine. The rotating system presented in the paper is supported in non-conventional bearings. The actual study consists in the investigation of new coating materials in the bearing design and the improvement in rotating system dynamics to increase the total efficiency, maintain the cleanness of the working medium and ensure operation of bearings in wide temperature ranges. Despite many advantages, air-foil bearings meet problems of friction and wear in critical moments of their operation, furthermore their complete theoretical model is difficult to establish. Different modeling theories of such bearing dynamic characteristics are shortly described. The current tendency in numerical and experimental methods for diagnostics of rotor support systems of low power rotating machinery is outlined.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 588)
• Pages: 302-309
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.588.302
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Zbigniew Kozanecki, Eliza Tkacz, Jakub Łagodziński, Kacper Miazga
• Keywords: High-Speed Microturbine Diagnostics, Oil-Free Bearings

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