Seal lubrication of an automotive water pump

Seal lubrication of an automotive water pump

Antonini, Massimo and Remino, Carlo and Faglia, Rodolfo and Pedersoli, Marco

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tribology Division, TRIB 2006

Abstract : A noisy mechanical seal is a grave problem, especially in water pumps designed for the automotive industry. The noisiness is often caused by dynamic instability (stick-slip behavior), which occurs when the seal lubrication changes from hydrodynamic to mixed. Starting from this hypothesis, the paper shows a theoretical model that describes the interaction between the seal disks. Therefore this model correlates the acoustic emission to the working conditions of the water pump. Copyright © 2006 by ASME.