Comparison of deaerator performance using experimental and numerical techniques

Deaerator is a component of integrated drive generator (IDG), which is used to separate air from oil. Integrated drive generator is the main power generation unit used in aircrafts to generate electric-power and must be cooled to give maximum efficiency. Mob Jet Oil II is used in these IDGs as a lubricant and coolant. So, in order to get high-quality oil, a deaerator is used to remove trapped air from this Mob Jet Oil II using the centrifugal principle. The reason for entrapment of air may be due to operation of vacuum and high-pressure pumps.;In this study, 75/90 IDG generic and A320 classic deaerator performance evaluation was done based on both experimental and numerical techniques. Experimental data was collected from deaerator test rig and numerical data was attained using CFD simulations (software used for CFD simulation is ANSYS CFX). Both experimental and numerical results were compared and also deaerator 75/90 generic and A320 classic was compared in this study.;A parametric study on deaerators flow separation and inner geometry was also done in this study. This work also includes a comparison study of different multiphase models and different meshes applied on deaerator numerical test methodology.