Whirling

Centrifugal separators make use of the common principle that an object whirled about an axis at a constant radial distance from the point is acted on by a force. Use of centrifugal forces increases the force acting on the particles. Particles that do not settle readily in gravity settlers often can be separated from fluids by centrifugal force. 

One fine summer evening, I was returning by the last omnibus, outside as usual, through the deserted streets of the metropolis, which are at other times so full of life. I fell into a reverie and lo the atoms were gamboling before my eyes.. .. I saw how, frequently, two smaller atoms united to form a pair, how a larger one embraced two smaller ones how still larger ones kept hold of three or even four of the smaller whilst the whole kept whirling... 

Fault to be detected Unbalance Misalignment Bent shaft Oil whirl Eccentricity Wear Faults In gears Faults In rolling element bearings... 

Fluid-Elastic Coupling Fluid flowing over tubes causes them to vibrate with a whirling motion. The mechanism of fluid-elastic coupling occurs when a critical velocity is exceeded and the vibration then becomes self-excited and grows in amplitude. This mechanism frequently occurs in process heat exchangers which suffer vibration damage. 

For measurement of atmospheric humidities the sling psychrom-eter is widely used. This is composed of a wet- and dry-bulb thermometer mounted in a sling which is whirled manually to give the desired gas velocity across the bulb. In the Assmann psychrometer the air is drawn past the bulbs by a motor-driven fan. 

FIG. 14-87 Charactersitic spray nozzles, a) Whirl-chamber hollow cone, (h ) Solid cone, (c) Oval-orifice fan. (d) Deflector jet. (e) Impinging jet. (/) Bypass, (g) Poppet, (h) Two-flnid. ( ) Vaned rotating wheel. 

For combustible dusts, the explosibility limits do not have the same meaning as with flammable gases and flammable vapors, owing to the interaction between dust layers and suspended dust. This protective measure can, for example, be used when dust deposits are avoided in operating areas or in the air stream of clean air lines after filter installations WTiere in normal operation the lower explosibility limit is not reached. However, dust deposits must be anticipated with time. When these dust deposits are whirled up in the air, an explosion hazard can arise. Such a hazard can be avoided by regular cleaning. The dust can be extracted directly at its point of origin by suitable ventilation measures. 

In the early stages, considerable foaming usually occurs, and care must be exercised that the foam does not carry part of the insoluble product into the condenser. The insoluble material accumulating on the walls of the flask is occasionally returned to the liquid portion by whirling the flask. 

Same symptoms as bearing oil whirl except a decrease m lube oil temperature will often eliminate or reduce vibration severity. Seal ring oil whirl Oil ring seal acting as lightly loaded bearing... 

Same symptoms as bearing oil whirl, however, vibration frequency is constant even though speed IS changed. Resonant whirl Same as oil whirl except triggered by resonant component such as rotor, casing, piping, etc. 

Appears suddenly at or above rotor critical speed when critical is below one-half operating speed. Increasing speed increases vibration amplitude, blit whirl frequency remains constant. When speed IS decreased, vibration disappears below where it first appeared. Fnction-indnced rotor whirl Encountered m bnilt-np rotors or rotors with shrink fits or rotor disassembly to inspect fits, increase shrink fits Coupling friction has been known to induce whirl... 

Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity And little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to viscosity. 

Critical speeds correspond to the natural frequencies of the gears and the rotor bearings support system. A determination of the critical speed is made by knowing the natural frequency of the system and the forcing function. Typical forcing functions are caused by rotor unbalance, oil filters, misalignment, and a synchronous whirl. 

Hysteretic whirl. This type of whirl occurs in flexible rotors and results from shrink fits. When a radial deflection is imposed on a shaft, a neutralstrain axis is induced normal to the direction of flexure. From first-order considerations, the neutral-stress axis is coincident with the neutral-strain axis, and a restoring force is developed perpendicular to the neutral-stress axis. The restoring force is then parallel to and opposing the induced force. In actuality, internal friction exists in the shaft, which causes a phase shift in the stress. The result is that the neutral-strain axis and neutral-stress axis are displaced so that the resultant force is not parallel to the deflection. The... 

Some initial impulse unbalance is often required to start the whirl motion. Newkirk has suggested that the effect is caused by interfaces of joints in a rotor (shrink fits) rather than defects in rotor material. This type of whirl phenomenon occurs only at rotational speeds above the first critical. The phenomenon may disappear and then reappear at a higher speed. Some success has been achieved in reducing this type of whirl by reducing the number of separate parts, restricting the shrink fits, and providing some lockup of assembled elements. 

Figure 5-22a. Hysteretic whirl. (Ehrich, F.F., Identification and Avoidance of Instabilities and Self-Excited Vibrations in Rotating Machinery, Adopted from ASME Paper 72-DE-21, General Electric Co., Aircraft Engine Group, Group Engineering Division, May 11, 1972.)...

The most obvious way to prevent oil whirl is to restrict the maximum rotor speed to less than twice its critical. Sometimes oil whip can be reduced or eliminated by changing the viscosity of the oil or by controlling the oil... 

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