A Numerical Analysis of the Temperature Distributions in Face Sealing Rings

Simulation tests were conducted to establish the influence of the operational parameters on the distributions of temperature in the sealing rings and the fluid film. A mathematical model was developed for a non-contacting face seal. It included a system of coupled differential equations with partial derivatives describing three-dimensional temperature distribution. The solution of the formulated model required developing algorithms and applying numerical methods in the form of a computer program in C++. The equations with partial derivatives were solved using the Finite Volume Method (FVM).