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1 Keun Ryu Research Assistant
ASME TURBO EXPO 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Dynamic Response of a Rotor-Hybrid Gas Bearing System due to Base Induced Periodic Motions Luis San Andrés Mast-Childs Professor Fellow ASME Yaying Niu Research Assistant Keun Ryu Research Assistant TURBOMACHINERY LABORATORY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY ASME paper GT Supported by TAMU Turbomachinery Research Consortium

2 Microturbomachinery (< 250 kW)
Turbo Compressor 100 krpm, 10 kW Advantages Compact and fewer parts Portable High energy density Lower emissions Low operation/maintenance costs Micro Turbo 500 krpm, 0.1~0.5 kW Oil-free turbocharger 120 krpm, 110 kW

3 Gas bearings for microturbomachinery
Advantages Metal Mesh Foil Bearing Little friction and power losses Simple configuration High rotor speeds (DN value>4M) Operate at extreme temperatures Issues Small damping Low static load capacity Prone to instability GT Gas Foil Bearing Flexure Pivot Bearing AIAA GT

4 Gas Bearing Research at TAMU
2001/2 - Three Lobe Bearings 2003/4 - Rayleigh Step Bearings Flexure Pivot Tilting Pad Bearings : Bump-type Foil Bearings : Metal Mesh Foil Bearings Stability depends on feed pressure. Stable to 80 krpm with 5 bar pressure Worst performance to date with grooved bearings Stable to 93 krpm w/o feed pressure. Operation to 100 krpm w/o problems. Easy to install and align. Industry standard. Reliable but costly. Models anchored to test data. Cheap technology. Still infant. Users needed

5 Objective & tasks Evaluate the reliability of rotor-air bearing systems to withstanding periodic base or foundation excitations Set up an electromagnetic shaker under the base of test rig to deliver periodic load excitations Measure the rig acceleration and rotordynamic responses due to shaker induced excitations Model the rotor-air bearing system subject to base motions and compare predictions to test results

6 Gas Bearing Test Rig LOP Rotor/motor Load cell Sensors Bearing
Positioning Bolt Thrust pin Air supply 190 mm, 29 mm diam LOP Rotor: 826 grams Bearings: L= 30 mm, D=29 mm

7 Rotor and hybrid gas bearings
0.826 kg, 190 mm in length Location of sensors and bearings noted Flexure Pivot Hybrid Bearings: Improved stability, no pivot wear Clearance ~42 mm, preload ~40%. Web rotational stiffness = 62 Nm/rad. Test rig tilted by 10°.

8 Previous work (GT 2009-59199) Intermittent base shock load excitations
Drop induced shocks ~30 g. Full recovery within ~ 0.1 sec. Ps=2.36 bar (ab) Rotor motion amplitudes increase with excitation of system natural frequency. NOT a rotordynamic instability!

9 Gas bearing test rig Base excitation
Shaker & rod push base of test rig Front and side views (not to scale)

10 Hybrid gas bearing test rig
Rod pushes base plate! (no rigid connection)

11 Waterfalls in coast down
No base excitation Ps = 2.36 bar Subsynchronous whirl > 30 krpm, fixed at system natural frequency = 193 Hz

12 Rotor speed coast down tests (35 krpm)
No base excitation 1X response Feed pressure increases natural frequency and lowers damping ratio Pressure bar 3.72bar 5.08bar Natural Freq 192Hz Hz Hz

13 Natural frequency whole test rig (5 Hz)
Acceleration (g) Soft mounts (coils) produce low natural frequency

14 Delivered excitations (6 Hz)
Rotor speed: 34 krpm (567 Hz) Acceleration (g) Acceleration (g) Acceleration (g) Due to electric motor zoom Shaker transfers impacts to rig base! Super harmonic frequencies excited

15 Waterfalls in coast down
Shaker frequency: 12Hz Ps = 2.36 bar (ab)

16 Rotor speed coast down Shaker frequency: 12Hz
Ps = 2.36 bar (ab) Subsynchronous frequencies: 24 Hz (2 x 12 Hz) Natural frequency 193 Hz Synchronous motion dominates! Excitation of system natural frequency does NOT mean instability!

17 Effect of feed pressure
Ps: 2.36, 3.72 & 5.08 bar Shaker frequency: 12Hz Rotor speed: 34 krpm (567 Hz) 12Hz, 24Hz, 36hz, etc NOT due to base motion! Pressure increases 243Hz 215Hz Offset by 0.01 mm 193Hz Rotor motion amplitude at system natural frequency decreases as feed pressure increases

18 Effect of rotor speed Rotor motion amplitude at system natural
26, 30 & 34 krpm Shaker frequency: 12Hz Feed pressure: 2.36 bar (ab) 12Hz, 24Hz, 36hz, etc Speed increases 193Hz 180Hz 180Hz Rotor motion amplitude at system natural frequency increases as rotor speed increases

19 Effect of base frequency
0, 5, 6, 9, 12 Hz Rotor speed: 34 krpm (567Hz) Feed pressure: 2.36 bar (ab) 193Hz Frequency increases NOT due to base motion! Rotor motion amplitude at natural frequency increases as excitation frequency increases

20 Rigid rotor model Equations of motion (linear system)
Rotor 1st elastic mode: 1,917 Hz (115 krpm) Equations of motion (linear system) U, Ub: rotor and base (abs) motions, Z=U-Ub M,G: rotor inertia and gyroscopic matrices W: rotor weight Fimb: imbalance “force” vector K, C: bearing stiffness and damping from gas bearing model (San Andres, 2006) Rework equations in terms of measured variables: System response = superposition of single frequency responses

21 For predictions: input RECORDED BASE accelerations (vertical)
Rigid rotor model Predicted natural frequencies  Rotor speed 26 krpm 30 krpm 34 krpm Conical 191 Hz 200 Hz 208 Hz Cylindrical 184 Hz 192 Hz Measured from 1X response tests Cylindrical 180 Hz 182 Hz 193 Hz Good agreement shows predicted bearing force coefficients are accurate For predictions: input RECORDED BASE accelerations (vertical)

22 Predictions vs. measurements
Shaker input frequency: 12Hz Feed pressure: 2.36 bar (ab) Rotor speed: 34 krpm (567 Hz) Nat freq. 1X Excitation freqs. Above natural frequency, RBS is isolated! Predictions in good agreement! Test rotor-bearing system shows good isolation.

23 Conclusions Base Excitations on Gas-Rotor Bearing Syst Rotor response contains 1X, excitation frequency (5-12 Hz) and its super harmonics and system natural frequency. Rotor motion amplitudes at natural frequency are smaller than synchronous amplitudes. Excited rotor motion amplitude at system natural frequency increases as gas bearing feed pressure (5.08~2.36bar) decreases, as rotor speed (26~34krpm) increases, and as the shaker input frequency (5~12 Hz) increases. Predicted rotor motion responses obtained from rigid rotor model show good correlation with test data. Demonstrated isolation of rotor-air bearing system to withstand base excitations at low freqs.

24 Acknowledgments Questions ? Learn more http://rotorlab.tamu.edu
Thanks support of TAMU Turbomachinery Research Consortium Bearings+ Co. (Houston) Learn more Questions ?


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