Conference Year
2016
Keywords
rotary compressor, lubrication, metallic contact, journal bearings
Abstract
Understanding the state of lubrication in rotary compressors is of paramount importance for their reliability. This paper refers to an improvement of the lubrication in R410A rotary compressor. The lubricating conditions on the journal bearings can be evaluated by metallic contact that consists of measuring the electrical resistance between lubricated surfaces. The contact resistance can be used to indicate the degree of metal-to-metal contact between the sliding surfaces in the compressor. And some parameters of them are numerically analyzed. It is elucidated from the investigation that when unfavorable condition occurs, the metal contact between the journal and bearings become severe. And lubricating condition on the bearings in the compressor using high viscosity oil is better than that for the compressor using low viscosity.