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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (19): 367-376.doi: 10.3901/JME.2024.10.367

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Thermal Equilibrium Research of Supercritical CO2 Assisted Cutting Process Based on Mass Flow Optimization

ZHU Libin1,2, WANG Ying1,2, NIE Shuaishuai1,2, HUANG Haihong1,2, LIU Zhifeng1,2   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009;
    2. Key Laboratory of Green Design and Manufacturing of Mechanical Industry, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009
  • Received:2023-10-06 Revised:2024-03-22 Online:2024-10-05 Published:2024-11-27

Abstract: Cryogenic cutting technology with good cooling effect has been gradually applied in the machining of difficult-to-machine materials, but little research has been done on the thermal equilibrium regulation of the cutting zone and the jet field based on cryogenic fluid parameters under different cutting parameters.Aiming at the thermal equilibrium regulation of supercritical CO2-assisted cutting processing, the cutting zone and the jet field are considered as a thermodynamic system, and the material and energy input and output of the system, i.e., the enthalpy change of supercritical CO2 and the energy change of the chip, are analyzed from a continuous time-domain perspective.Further, based on the CO2 thermal properties, metal cutting principles and thermodynamic theory, a thermal equilibrium regulation method of cutting zone and jet field based on the jet mass flow rate is proposed for the case of variable cutting speed.The feasibility of the thermal equilibrium regulation method based on mass flow rate was verified by relevant experiments under different mass flow rates.The results show that the thermal equilibrium regulation method can accelerate the thermal equilibrium process in the cutting zone and the jet field and the cutting zone temperature, main cutting force, and surface roughness are reduced by at least 7.8%, 7.9%, and 7.1%, respectively, at different cutting speeds.

Key words: supercritical CO2, thermal equilibrium, mass flow, Ti-6Al-4V

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