A comprehensive method for controlling the electrical runout of the rotor for a geared centrifugal compressor

Abstract

The internal high-speed geared rotor is the most important component of centrifugal compressors. The electrical runout error of the rotor including mechanical and electrical ones can greatly affect the working performances of the centrifugal compressors. To overcome this problem, this work proposes a practical comprehensive method for controlling the electrical runout of the rotor of a geared centrifugal compressor. An elastic–plastic deformation calculation method based on the slice approach is presented to determine the applied load range calculation for controlling the cross-sectional deviation of the rotor profile. In this method, the demagnetism and remanence detection should be provided to obtain a small residual magnetism value before the mechanical runout detection. A combined method including cold extrusion processing and slight impact processing is proposed to reduce the electrical runout of the rotor. A case study is carried out to validate the proposed method. To avoid the effect of the rotation precision and clearance of the support system on the detection results, a rigid support system is used to detect the mechanical runout of the rotor. Note that single cold extrusion or impact processing cannot completely eliminate the electrical runout. Finally, the results show that the proposed combined method can be a helpful approach in controlling the electrical runout of the rotors.