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Tianwei LAI (赖天伟), Bao FU (付豹), Shuangtao CHEN (陈双涛), Qiyong ZHANG (张启勇), Yu HOU (侯予). Numerical analysis of the static performance of an annular aerostatic gas thrust bearing applied in the cryogenic turbo-expander of the EAST subsystem[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2017, 19(2): 25604-025604. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/19/2/025604
Citation: Tianwei LAI (赖天伟), Bao FU (付豹), Shuangtao CHEN (陈双涛), Qiyong ZHANG (张启勇), Yu HOU (侯予). Numerical analysis of the static performance of an annular aerostatic gas thrust bearing applied in the cryogenic turbo-expander of the EAST subsystem[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2017, 19(2): 25604-025604. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/19/2/025604

Numerical analysis of the static performance of an annular aerostatic gas thrust bearing applied in the cryogenic turbo-expander of the EAST subsystem

Funds: This project was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51406157, 51506209), and partially supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2014M552438).
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  • Received Date: May 31, 2016
  • The EAST superconducting tokamak, an advanced steady-state plasma physics experimental device, has been built at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. All the toroidal field magnets and poloidal field magnets, made of NbTi/Cu cable-in-conduit conductor, are cooled with forced flow supercritical helium at 3.8 K. The cryogenic system of EAST consists of a 2 kW/4 K helium refrigerator and a helium distribution system for the cooling of coils, structures, thermal shields, bus-lines, etc. The high-speed turbo-expander is an important refrigerating component of the EAST cryogenic system. In the turbo-expander, the axial supporting technology is critical for the smooth operation of the rotor bearing system. In this paper, hydrostatic thrust bearings are designed based on the axial load of the turbo-expander. Thereafter, a computational fluid dynamics-based numerical model of the aerostatic thrust bearing is set up to evaluate the bearing performance. Tilting effect on the pressure distribution and bearing load is analyzed for the thrust bearing. Bearing load and stiffness are compared with different static supply pressures. The net force from the thrust bearings can be calculated for different combinations of bearing clearance and supply pressure.
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