Improvement on acoustic performance of the accumulator of double-cylinder rotary compressors

Abstract

Since the accumulator is one of main contributors to the overall noise level of the rotary compressor, research on the acoustic performance of accumulators is essential. Numerical analysis based on the computational fluid dynamic method shows that large pressure fluctuations are caused mainly by periodic rotating piston. The idea that the flow phase differences of two pipes could be utilized for suppressing fluctuations is proposed. The double standpipes of an accumulator are changed to the single pipe with two branches and each branch is connected to the inlet of the compressor. Flow structures and wall pressure fluctuations for the two configurations are computed. Computational results show that wall pressure pulsations of the new accumulator are obviously lower than that of the original. The acoustic experiments were carried out under the real working conditions. Compared with the original, the new accumulator shows that the overall noise level is reduced about 1.2 dB(A) and the sound spectrum levels are also lower in a wide frequency domain, which validate the numerical and theoretical analysis.

Keywords

accumulator rotary compressor pressure pulsation acoustic experiment noise reduction

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