Investigation on the influence of leakage clearance on the flow field and performance of scroll hydraulic pump

Abstract

In the present paper, the computer fluid dynamics(CFD) with dynamic mesh model had been applied in scroll hydraulic pump to obtain its flow field at different leakage clearance. The fluid force on the orbiting scroll, the mass flow rate and the hydraulic efficiency at different leakage clearance were calculated based on the flow field data. The results indicated that when the leakage clearance increased from 0.5mm to 1.5mm, the average pressure, maximum of pressure fluctuation, leakage jet flow velocity, shaft power, cavitation degree decreased and the leakage flow rate increased. If the leakage clearance was 2.0mm, the high pressure discharge fluid flowed through the clearance and led to the increase of the average pressure and fluid force. When the leakage clearance is 1.0mm, the average pressure is far lower than that at the 0.5mm clearance, and the hydraulic efficiency is the highest.