Abstract:
Abstract: Turbochargers are widely used in internal combustion engines. The floating ring bearing is the most important part in the turbocharger, which is composed of inner film and outer film. The floating ring bearing can reduce the frictional power and oil film temperature. In the past, the lubrication performances of the floating ring bearing were analyzed without considering the heat transfer among the shaft, floating ring and bearing block. Furthermore, some researchers analyzed the lubrication performance of floating ring and the ring speed ratio separately. In reality, there exists heat transfer among the shaft, floating ring and bearing block and this part of heat will directly influence the lubrication performance of the floating ring. Besides, the change of the structural parameters may decrease ring speed ratio, which maybe is unfavorable to the practical operation if it is too small, and the change of the ring speed ratio may also influence the lubrication performance. So there exists a strong coupled relationship between the lubrication performance and ring speed ratio, and they can be studied more comprehensively and systematically with the change of structural parameters. The lubrication performance of floating ring bearing and the floating ring speed ratio in turbocharger were studied by considering the heat transfer among the shaft, floating ring and bearing block. Based on the Reynolds equation and the floating ring balance equation, the lubrication model of floating ring bearing was established. The Reynolds equation was solved by the finite difference method. The thermal deformation of the floating ring bearing was calculated by the thermal deformation equation. Comparative analysis on the influence of structural parameters on lubrication performance of floating ring bearing and floating ring speed ratio was performed, and the parameters included inner film clearance, outer film clearance, inner circle radius and outer circle radius. Results showed the effect and affecting level of structural parameter on lubrication performance and floating ring speed ratio should be considered comprehensively. The ring speed ratio decreased with the increase of inner film clearance. Compared with that inner film clearance is 0.02 mm, the ring speed ratio decreased 23% when inner film clearance is 0.04 mm. The inner film temperature, the outer film temperature decreased and the total friction power loss slightly increased with the increase of inner film clearance. The lubrication performance and ring speed ratio are ideal when inner film clearance is 0.03 mm. Compared with that outer film clearance is 0.04 mm,the ring speed ratio increased more than 30%. The outer film temperature decreased with the increase of outer film clearance. The higher the rotation speed, the greater the decrease amplitude of the outer film temperature. The smaller the inner circle radius, the smaller the floating ring speed ratio, and the smaller the inner film temperature, outer film temperature and total friction power loss. So the lubrication performance of the floating ring bearing will be improved with the decrease of the inner circle radius. The ring speed ratio decreased with the increase of the outer circle radius. But the inner film temperature, the outer film temperature increased, the total friction power loss and total oil leakage flowrate changed less than 5% with the increase of the outer circle radius. The outer circle radius has little effect on the lubrication performance of the floating ring bearing. Compared with the adjustment of the outer circle radius, it is more effective to improve the lubrication performance of floating ring bearing with the adjustment of the inner circle radius. There is a good agreement between the results predicted by the calculation model in this paper and some published experimental data.