A New Clearance Design Method for Reciprocating Fuel Pumps of Medium-Speed Diesel Engines

摘要

A new clearance design method is proposed for a reciprocating fuel pump. Structural and hydrodynamic lubrication analyses were conducted to design the clearance of the pump, and the former was used to evaluate the clearance reduction due to the deformation that results from applying maximum supply pressure. The reduction in the maximum clearance was used as the limit of the design, and the two-dimensional Reynolds equation is used to evaluate the lubrication characteristics of the pump with variations in the viscosity and clearance. The optimal clearance in the pump must be separately designed in both the stem and the head because the lubrication characteristics and the deformation patterns of the two parts are different. The validity of the numerical model was then verified by determining that the position of the wear was also similar to that of the minimum film thickness. Moreover, a rig test system was also used to verify the clearance of the proposed design method.