The European Union imposed minimum industrial fan efficiency levels in 2013 and then increased them in 2015. In the USA, the Department of Energy (DoE) is also developing regulations aimed at eliminating inefficient industrial fans from the market by 2023. A consequence of this regulatory activity is a need to apply design methods originally developed within the aerospace community to the design of high efficiency industrial fans. In this paper, we present a process used to design, numerically verify and experimentally test a high-pressure single-stage axial fan. The goal was a fan design capable of working over a range of blade angles in combination with a single fixed cambered plate stator. We present the process used when selecting blade airfoil sections and the vortex distribution along the blade span. The selected methodology is based on a coupling between the aerodynamic response of each blade profile and the chosen vortex distribution, creating a direct link between the load distribution and the aerodynamic capability of the blade profile section. This link is used to develop radial distributions of blade twist and chord for the selected blade profiles that result in the required radial work distribution. The design method has been enhanced through intermediate verifications using two different numerical methodologies. The methodologies are based on different approaches, in so doing providing confidence in the verification process. The final blade design has been analyzed using a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) code. Results of the CFD analysis indicate that performance of the final blade design is consistent with the design specifications. The paper concludes with a comparison between predicted and experimentally measured performance. The need is clarified for balance between computational and empirical approaches. When used together the development effort results in a lower cost and higher efficiency design than would have been possible using either approach in isolation.

Design of a single stage variable pitch axial fan / Bonanni, T.; Corsini, A.; Delibra, G.; Volponi, D.; Sheard, A. G.; Bublitz, M.. - 1:(2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2017 tenutosi a Charlotte, USA) [10.1115/GT2017-64517].

Design of a single stage variable pitch axial fan

Bonanni T.;Corsini A.;Delibra G.;Volponi D.;
2017

Abstract

The European Union imposed minimum industrial fan efficiency levels in 2013 and then increased them in 2015. In the USA, the Department of Energy (DoE) is also developing regulations aimed at eliminating inefficient industrial fans from the market by 2023. A consequence of this regulatory activity is a need to apply design methods originally developed within the aerospace community to the design of high efficiency industrial fans. In this paper, we present a process used to design, numerically verify and experimentally test a high-pressure single-stage axial fan. The goal was a fan design capable of working over a range of blade angles in combination with a single fixed cambered plate stator. We present the process used when selecting blade airfoil sections and the vortex distribution along the blade span. The selected methodology is based on a coupling between the aerodynamic response of each blade profile and the chosen vortex distribution, creating a direct link between the load distribution and the aerodynamic capability of the blade profile section. This link is used to develop radial distributions of blade twist and chord for the selected blade profiles that result in the required radial work distribution. The design method has been enhanced through intermediate verifications using two different numerical methodologies. The methodologies are based on different approaches, in so doing providing confidence in the verification process. The final blade design has been analyzed using a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) code. Results of the CFD analysis indicate that performance of the final blade design is consistent with the design specifications. The paper concludes with a comparison between predicted and experimentally measured performance. The need is clarified for balance between computational and empirical approaches. When used together the development effort results in a lower cost and higher efficiency design than would have been possible using either approach in isolation.
2017
ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2017
axial fans; design methodology; variable pitch
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Design of a single stage variable pitch axial fan / Bonanni, T.; Corsini, A.; Delibra, G.; Volponi, D.; Sheard, A. G.; Bublitz, M.. - 1:(2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2017 tenutosi a Charlotte, USA) [10.1115/GT2017-64517].
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