Abstract
The helium compressor is a crucial component in cryocooler refrigeration systems. Oil-flooding is a promising technique to solve the cooling and leakage challenges in helium scroll compressors, facilitating nearly isothermal compression. In this paper, the validated numerical model is employed to investigate the nearly isothermal compression characteristics of the two-phase mixture of helium and oil in a scroll compressor. Results indicate that the discharge temperature can be remarkably lowered from 455 °C to approximately 64 °C with the injection of an appropriate amount of oil into the working chamber. Moreover, the sealing effect of oil enhances the volumetric efficiency from approximately 66 % to 93.6 %. These advantages of oil flooding ensure an internal indicated efficiency that exceeds 100 % and results in superior isothermal efficiency. However, the polytropic exponent during the nearly isothermal compression process is smaller than the theoretical value, which imposes higher requirements on the built-in volume ratio for the helium oil-flooded scroll compressor.
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