Design of Half-Ducted Axial Flow Fan Considering Radial Inflow and Outflow

Half-ducted fan and ducted fan have been designed and numerically analyzed for investigating the radial flow effect on the overall performance and the three dimensional flow field in design. Based on quasi-three dimensional flow theory, the meridional flow was calculated by adopting the radial balance equations, while the calculation of the blade to blade flow was obtained by 2D cascade data with the correction by a potential flow theory. Two types of axial flow fan were designed. One is the full ducted case as if it was in the straight pipe and another is the half-ducted case with the radial inflow and outflow. The previous experimental results of authors were used to decide the inclinations of both the inflow and outflow. And the circular arc blade with equal thickness was adopted. The numerical results indicate that both of the designed fans can reach the specified efficiency and also the efficiency surpasses more than 11%. Furthermore, the static pressure characteristic of half-ducted fan is much better than that of ducted fan. In comparison of the three dimensional internal flow of these two fans, the improvement of the flow angle at inlet and outlet, the distributions of velocity in the flow field and the pressure distributions on the blade surfaces can be achieved more successfully in accordance with the design intension on consideration of flow angle in design. The conclusion that half-ducted design with considering radial inflow and outflow is feasible and valid in comparison with ducted design for axial flow fans has been obtained at the end of the paper.

Influence of Operating Parameters on Unbalance in Rotating Machinery Using Response Surface Method

Wide range of rotating machinery contains an inherent amount of unbalance which leads to increase in the vibration level and related faults.In this work,the effect of different operating conditions viz.the unbalanced weight,radius,speed and position of the rotor disc on the unbalance in rotating machine are studied experimentally and analyzed by using Response Surface Methodology(RSM).RSM is a technique which consists of mathematical and statistical methods to develop the relationship between the inputs and outputs of a system by distinct functions.L27 Orthogonal Array(OA)was developed by using Design of Experiments(DOE)according to which experimentation has been carried out.Three accelerometer sensors were mounted to record the vibration responses(accelerations)in radially vertical,horizontal and axial directions.The responses recorded as root mean square values are then analysed using RSM.The relationship between response and operating factors has been established by developing a second order,non-linear mathematical model.Analysis of variance(ANOVA)has been performed for verification of the developed mathematical models.Results obtained from the analysis show that the unbalance weight and speed are most significant operating conditions that contribute the most to the effect the unbalance has on the rotating spindle.

Unsteady Flow Condition between Front and Rear Rotor of Contra-Rotating Small Sized Axial Fan

Contra-rotating small-sized axial fans are used as cooling fans for electric equipment. In the case of the contra-rotating rotors, the blade row distance between front and rear rotors is a key parameter for the performance and stable operation. The wake and potential interference occur between the front and rear rotors and leakage flow from the front rotor tip influences on the flow condition of the rear rotor near the shroud when the blade row distance is small. Therefore, it is important to clarify the flow condition between front and rear rotors. The fan static pressure curves were obtained by the experimental apparatus and the numerical analysis was also conducted to investigate the internal flow between front and rear rotors. The leakage flow from the front rotor tip reaches the leading edge of the rear rotor when the blade row distance is small as L = 10 mm and the pressure fluctuations at the leading edge of the rear rotor tip becomes larger than those at other radial positions. In the present paper, the vorticity contour between front and rear rotors is shown and pressure fluctuations related to the leakage flow from the front rotor is investigated using the numerical analysis result. Then, suitable blade row distance for the contra-rotating small sized axial fan is discussed based on the internal flow condition.

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Analysis of Unbalances Forces Using Methods of Identification and Finite Elements

The study of damage in rotating machineries is of fundamental interest in the fields of machine and structure design. A rotating system, supported by bearings and under some dynamic conditions, can generate a variety of problems that are encountered in many different types of rotating machines. One of these problems is the unbalance due to non-homogeneous mass distribution along the shaft. One of the techniques which are widespread today is the identification of parameters and excitation forces that may well followed by monitoring the evolution and change of possible variations of these parameters. Although several methods for the identification of unbalance excitation force are available in the literature, none of them can be considered unrestricted to be applied for all rotating systems. In this study, two methodologies to identify unknown excitations, such as unbalance, have been proposed. This project refers to the analysis of unbalanced forces from displacement parameters and speed by using methods of identification by Fourier series and Legendre polynomials together with the finite element method, state observers in reasons of the problem of absence of signs of rotational displacement, bandpass filter were used to noise suppression of the data collected from the experimental part, Quasi-Newton method to minimize a function in which the bearing stiffness and its damping are unknowns, and also the experimental verification of the methodology, using for this system owned by a rotary mechanical vibrations of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering, campus of llha Solteira.

Image Reconstruction from Fan-Beam Projections without Back-Projection Weight in a 2-D Dynamic CT: Compensation of Time-Dependent Rotational, Uniform Scaling and Translational Deformations

In a dynamic CT, the acquired projections are corrupted due to strong dynamic nature of the object, for example: lungs, heart etc. In this paper, we present fan-beam reconstruction algorithm without position-dependent backprojection weight which compensates for the time-dependent translational, uniform scaling and rotational deformations occurring in the object of interest during the data acquisition process. We shall also compare the computational cost of the proposed reconstruction algorithm with the existing one which has position-dependent weight. To accomplish the objective listed above, we first formulate admissibility conditions on deformations that is required to exactly reconstruct the object from acquired sequential deformed projections and then derive the reconstruction algorithm to compensate the above listed deformations satisfying the admissibility conditions. For this, 2-D time-dependent deformation model is incorporated in the fan-beam FBP reconstruction algorithm with no backprojection weight, assuming the motion parameters being known. Finally the proposed reconstruction algorithm is evaluated with the motion corrupted projection data simulated on the computer.

Performance and Internal Flow of Contra-Rotating Small-Sized Cooling Fan

High pressure and large flow rate small-sized cooling fans are used for servers in data centers and there is a strong demand to increase its performance because of increase of quantity of heat from servers. Contra-rotating rotors have been adopted for some of high pressure and large flow rate cooling fans to meet the demand. The performance curve of the contra-rotating small-sized cooling fan with 40 mm square casing was investigated by an experimental apparatus and its internal flow condition was clarified by the numerical analysis. The fan static pressure of the front rotor was extremely low and it increased significantly at the rear rotor. The uniform flow was achieved at the inlet of the rear rotor because of the special shape of the casing between the front and rear rotors. On the other hand, the tip leakage flow was large enough to influence on the main flow of the test cooling fan by the design specification of high pressure with compact rotor diameter.

An advanced wind vector retrieval algorithm for the rotating fan-beam scatterometer

The rotating fan-beam scatterometer （RFSCAT） is a new type of satellite scatterometer that is proposed approximately 10 a ago. However, similar to other rotating scatterometers, relatively larger wind retrieval errors occur in the nadir and outer regions compared with the middle regions of the swath. For the RFSCAT with the given parameters, a wind direction retrieval accuracy decreases by approximately 9 in the outer regions compared with the middle region. To address this problem, an advanced wind vector retrieval algorithm for the RFSCAT is presented. The new algorithm features an adaptive extension of the range of wind direction for each wind vector cell position across the whole swath according to the distribution histogram of a retrieved wind direction bias. One hundred orbits of Level 2A data are simulated to validate and evaluate the new algorithm. Retrieval experiments demonstrate that the new advanced algorithm can effectively improve the wind direction retrieval accuracy in the nadir and outer regions of the RFSCAT swath. Approximately 1.6 and 9 improvements in the wind direction retrieval are achieved for the wind vector cells located at the nadir and the edge point of the swath, respectively.

Internal Flow Condition between Front and Rear Rotor of Contra-Rotating Small-Sized Axial Fan at Low Flow Rate

Contra-rotating small-sized fans are used as cooling fans for electric equipment. The internal flow condition between the front and rear rotors of the contra-rotating small-sized fan is not known well especially at the low flow rate. Furthermore, the blade row distance between the front and rear rotors is an important parameter for the contra-rotating small-sized fan and its influence on the internal flow condition is not clarified at the low flow rate. Therefore, the internal flow condition of the contra-rotating small-sized fan at the low flow rate is investigated by the numerical analysis in this research. The numerical analysis results are validated by comparing the fan static pressure curves of the numerical results to the experimental results. The internal flow condition at the low flow rate is clarified using the numerical models of the different blade row distance L = 10 mm and 30 mm. In the present paper, pressure fluctuations phase locked each front and rear rotor’s rotation are shown and the influences of the wake and the potential interference are discussed by the unsteady numerical analysis results at the low flow rate.

Aerodynamic Noise Characteristics During Evolution of Rotating Stall in Centrifugal Fan

基于节流阀函数及宽带噪声源模型，对电厂常用的G4？73型后向式离心风机在旋转失速状态下的气动噪声特性进行了数值研究。分析离心风机分别在设计工况、失速先兆的产生过程、失速先兆发展为失速团的三维演化过程及失速团沿周向传播过程中风机内部的气动噪声特性，揭示了旋转失速非稳定流动现象对气动噪声分布的影响规律。结果表明，失速先兆发生后叶轮附近旋涡噪声对应的高噪区经历了沿径向、周向和轴向的三维非定常演化过程，高噪区从两个变为一个；失速发生后，旋涡噪声占主要部分，高噪区保持与失速团相同的速度沿周向传播。文中分析了失速团与蜗舌对离心风机气动噪声的影响机制。研究结果对完善旋转失速的理论体系及通过噪声对旋转失速进行预估具有重要意义。

Unsteady Operation of New Type Turbofan Engine with Aerodynamic Torque Converter Reducing Front Fan Speed

It is desired to increase the rotational speed of the core engine of the turbofan so as to get the best efficiency for the next leap of engine technology. The conventional mechanism in which the front fan is directly connected to the output shaft of a core engine, have a limit of increasing the spool speed, because the fan diameter is very large. The authors have proposed a new driving system in which the front fan is driven through the aerodynamic torque converter. The front fan can work at the best performance at slower speed while the core engine runs more efficiently at higher speed. Continuously, this paper discusses the response of the front fan in the unsteady operation of the core engine, accompanying with the internal flow. The system has the acceptable responsibility in the unsteady operation which is very important for the aircrafts.

小尺寸无静叶对转风扇/压气机气动设计与变工况性能分析研究

无静叶对转风扇/压气机能有效减小发动机陀螺力矩,在轴向长度方面具有优势。然而,无静叶往往导致下游叶片攻角变化较大,变工况性能难以保证,且这一特点随叶尖切线速度的增大而恶化。本文利用小尺寸涡扇发动机风扇叶片根部周向速度较低的特点,尝试对其进行风扇与压气机无静叶对转方案设计。通过速度三角形分析了无静叶对转风扇/压气机的性能特点,开发了无静叶对转风扇/压气机一维设计程序进行参数方案的筛选优化,设计得到小尺寸无静叶对转风扇/压气机构型方案,设计点效率为85.1%,压比为3.16。结果表明,对转压气机的下排叶片相对进口气流角的变化范围较常规转叶+静叶相对进口气流角范围更小,而对转下排叶片的进口速度却将增大1.5~3倍,因此,需要合理选择对转风扇/压气机的轮毂比及转速比,才能保证对转风扇/压气机变转速工况下的设计点效率及失速裕度。减小对转风扇/压气机转速比有利于提高设计点效率和裕度,但本文受发动机总体指标限制,对转速比选择进行了折中。

多翼离心风机旋转失速阶段压力脉动分析

为了研究多翼离心风机在旋转失速阶段的压力脉动特性,以多翼离心风机为研究对象,利用Creo软件对其进行三维建模,并对模型进行网格划分,进行非定常数值计算.在叶轮出口不同周向、径向以及轴向位置设置监测点,分析旋转失速工况下风机内部压力脉动规律,计算结果表明:隔舌处监测点的压力系数最大,且随着流量的减小,压力脉动剧烈程度增大;叶轮出口受叶轮与蜗壳之间动静干涉影响,压力系数幅值最大,往蜗壳壁面径向移动,压力脉动程度减弱;压力脉动规律受轴向位置变化影响较小,旋转失速程度的变化会引起压力脉动的变化,旋转失速越强,压力脉动越剧烈,低频脉动范围越广,失速频率幅值越高.

轴流式对旋除尘风机的结构优化与性能研究

为了提高轴流式对旋除尘风机的除尘性能,研究各个参数相互之间的干扰,对其一级叶轮叶片数量、二级叶轮叶片数量、一二级叶轮距离、风筒直径和叶轮至进口距离这5个主要的结构参数进行优化改进和参数匹配。采取正交试验法,通过FLUENT对各结构参数下的风机除尘过程进行模拟仿真试验,分析风机除尘作业时内部流场和进出口速度、压力分布情况,给出综合评价风机除尘性能公式,得到轴流式对旋除尘风机各个参数的影响程度由大到小分别为一级叶轮叶片数量、风筒直径、二级叶轮叶片数量、一二级叶轮距离、叶轮至进口距离,并通过计算分析得到风机结构的最佳参数组合。

矿用对旋风机旋转失速信号特征识别与提取

针对旋风机旋转失速信号特征的识别与提取,提出了一种参数优化的变分模态分解(VMD)方法。首先,为了消除人为选择VMD参数的影响,提出一种以平均包络熵为目标函数的蛙跳优化算法,对VMD算法的模态个数K和惩罚因子α进行优化选取,实现了参数K和α的合理自动选取;然后,通过模拟信号验证了参数优化后的VMD方法的有效性;最后,利用参数优化的VMD方法对风机失速信号进行处理和分析,研究风机失速的频谱特性,并与经验模态分解(EMD)结果进行对比分析。研究结果表明:与EMD方法相比,参数优化的VMD方法在处理模态混叠方面更具有优势,其处理效果明显优于EMD,分解得到的IMF分量个数也少于EMD,易区分特征频率;另外,以优化获取的参数组合处理风机的失速信号时,能够很好地揭示失速特征频率在失速发展过程中的变化规律,对应于频率分量的波动,从大尺度的频率波动转变为小尺度的频率波动。

矿用对旋主通风机周向槽机匣处理扩稳机理研究

为了提高对旋风机的稳定裕度,采用数值模拟方法,将周向单槽机匣处理技术应用于FBCDZ-No20型对旋风机的扩稳,探究了周向槽的轴向位置对风机气动性能和扩稳能力的影响。研究表明:对前级叶轮进行周向单槽机匣处理,可以提高对旋风机的稳定裕度,且周向单槽的轴向位置对风机的气动性能和扩稳能力均具有影响;当周向单槽位于前级叶片的前缘和25%叶顶轴向弦长时,风机可以获得可观的稳定裕度提高量,但峰值效率损失较大;当周向单槽分别位于50%、75%的叶顶轴向弦长和尾缘时,扩稳效果逐渐减弱,相应的效率损失也逐渐减小。周向槽是通过抽吸叶片压力面前缘的低能流体,并将其沿周向输运至叶片吸力面的前缘喷出,从而增大了前级叶轮进口相对气流角及叶顶泄漏流的轴向动量,改变了叶顶泄漏流的轨迹,抑制了前缘溢流与尾缘处的边界层分离,进而减轻叶片通道内的流动堵塞,推迟了失速的发生而实现扩稳。采用前级周向单槽机匣处理并未改变对旋风机的最先失速级和失速起始类型。

基于热负荷均匀分配原则的直接空冷系统轴流风机转速灵活调节策略

在直接空冷电站中,轴流风机功耗占厂用电比例较高。为获得更为高效的风机运行调整策略,以某典型2´600 MW直接空冷机组为例,基于热负荷均匀分配原则,采用数值模拟方法,研究轴流风机转速灵活调节策略。获得不同环境温度和风速条件下,各轴流风机转速分布规律以及通过空冷凝汽器单元的冷却空气质量流量分布规律。最终,计算得到不同环境气象条件下不同轴流风机转速调节策略风机总功耗变化规律。结果表明,基于热负荷均匀分配原则的轴流风机转速灵活调整策略明显优于轴流风机转速整体调节策略,结果可为直接空冷机组优化运行和深层次节能提供参考。

对旋轴流通风机叶轮内不可逆能量损失机理

随着节能降耗成为当今世界的迫切需要,提高通风机能量转换效率越来越受到重视,已成为通风领域内关键问题。掌握叶轮内不可逆能量损失演化机制是实现能量高效转化的前提与基础,但目前尚缺乏针对叶轮内不可逆能量损失机理方面的研究。为此,以对旋轴流通风机为研究对象,采用数值模拟和实验方法获得了不同流量工况下通风机内部流场。基于熵产理论,建立了通风机叶轮内不可逆能量损失理论模型,明确了叶轮内不可逆能量损失与空间流场参数的内在关系,实现了叶轮内不同类型能量损失的定量分析,结合叶轮内流动特征,明确了能量损失空间演化规律和产生原因。研究结果表明,熵产方法计算叶轮内不可逆能量损失是可靠的,直接黏性耗散损失和壁面摩擦损失是能量损失的重要组成部分,而湍流耗散则是引起能量损失的主要原因,达到总能量损失的60%~80%;对于前级叶轮,湍流耗散引起的能量损失在1.0Q_(BEP)流量工况(Q_(BEP)为最优工况流量)达到最小,而后级叶轮能量损失随流量的降低而增大。能量损失主要集中在Span=0.6~1.0(Span为叶展方向轮毂至机壳的无量纲距离)区域,在1.0Q_(BEP)工况达到总能量损失的70%;叶顶间隙泄漏流和叶片前缘溢流引起的螺旋旋涡、叶轮内回流、叶片压力面和吸力面流动分离以及叶片后缘尾迹都将导致能量损失产生,其中流动分离和尾迹引起的高能量损失区域较小,能量损失相对有限,而旋涡和回流显著影响叶轮内流体流动,最终导致叶顶附近区域出现大量能量损失。

对旋风机新形叶片流致振动特性

为了优化对旋风机的流致振动特性,以某对旋风机叶片为研究对象,通过修改翼型的方式来提出一种性能良好且具有减振功能的新形叶片。比较了两种对旋风机流场性能,采用模态分析法进行了两种叶片的共振预测,以叶片表面非定常压力脉动作为叶片所受流体激振力,采用模态叠加法计算了两种叶片监控点强迫振动响应特性。结果表明:新形叶片具有良好的气动性能,正风性能与原始风机相差不大,反风性能优于原始风机;额定转速下,一级新形叶片相较原始叶片频率余量提高了8.9%,运行更安全;新形叶片监控点振动加速度响应最大峰值均低于原始叶片,新形叶片具有良好的减振效果;相较于一级叶片监控点,二级叶片监控点处两种叶片总振动加速度级差值最大,新形叶片减振效果更明显,且最大差值约为10.83 dB。

Natures of Rotating Stall Cell in a Diagonal Flow Fan

In order to clarify the natures of a rotating stall cell, the experimental investigation was carried out in a high specific-speed diagonal flow fan. The pressure field on the casing wall and the velocity fields at the rotor inlet and outlet were measured under rotating stall condition with a fast response pressure transducer and a single slant hot-wire probe, respectively. The data were processed using the “Double Phase-Locked Averaging (DPLA)”technique, which enabled to obtain the unsteady flow field with a rotating stall cell in the relative co-ordinate system fixed to the rotor. As a result, the structure and behavior of the rotating stall cell in a high specific-speed diagonal flow fan were shown.