Affiliations: [a] School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Corresponding author: Xiaolong Yang, School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, 545006, Guangxi, China. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: In order to improve the pressure capability of the ferrofluid seal under the condition of large sealing gap, a diverging stepped ferrofluid seal with a large gap and two magnetic sources was designed. The magnetic field distributions in the gap of the ferrofluid seal were calculated by finite element method. The effects of the pole teeth number, the height of the pole teeth and the sealing gap on the pressure capabilities of the diverging stepped ferrofluid seal are studied and compared with ordinary ferrofluid seal. The results show that the change of the radial pole teeth number has little effect on the pressure capability of the stepped ferrofluid seal. The pressure capability of stepped ferrofluid seal decreases with the increase of the axial pole teeth number. The pressure capability of the stepped ferrofluid seals reach maximum when the radial and axial pole teeth height is 0.6 mm. The pressure capability of stepped ferrofluid seal decreases as the radial sealing gap increases. The pressure capability of stepped ferrofluid seal decreases firstly and then increases with the increase of the axial sealing gap. Comparing with ordinary ferrofluid seal, the stepped ferrofluid seal has better pressure capability.
Keywords: Large gap, diverging, ferrofluid, seal, numerical simulation
