Sa. Shirazi et al., FLUID TEMPERATURE AND FILM COEFFICIENT PREDICTION AND MEASUREMENT IN MECHANICAL FACE SEALS - NUMERICAL RESULTS, Tribology transactions, 41(4), 1998, pp. 459-470
Based on a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) code, an axisymmetric num
erical model was developed to predict fluid and solid temperature dist
ributions for an arbitrary mechanical face seal geometry and operating
conditions. The effects of varying coolant source location and rates
were investigated. Also various seal chamber configurations were exami
ned. For dead-ended seals, the CFD model shows ow heat is transferred
away from the seal by turbulent diffusion. Predictions of the local he
at transfer coefficients using the present procedure were made and com
pared to available heat transfer coefficient correlations in the liter
ature. The predictions are also compared to seal fluid and seat temper
ature measurements.