AIR FLOW MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN A TWIN-SCREW COMPRESSOR BASED ON THE FLOWXPRESS ANALYSIS WIZARD MODULE OF SOLIDWORKS

Florin Dumitru POPESCU, Andrei ANDRAȘ, Ildiko BRÎNAȘ, Laura COJANU

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Twin-screw compressors can generate pressures of up to 7.4-10 bar and airflow rates of up to 750 m³/min. From this perspective, these are also of interest to the mining industry because they combine the advantages of both piston and turbo compressors. Generally, the efficiency is better and overall dimensions are smaller as compared to piston compressors having for similar technical performances. In this study, we aim to analyze the airflow process in a virtual model of a twin-screw compressor, using the FlowXpress Analysis Wizard module of the SolidWorks application, and visually present the flow velocity.


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