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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2004.28.9.1005

Experimental Study on the Three Dimensional Unsteady Flow in a Counter-Rotating Axial Flow Fan  

Park, Hyun-Soo (한양대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
Cho, Lee-Sang (한양대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
Cho, Jin-Soo (한양대학교 기계공학부)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.28, no.9, 2004 , pp. 1005-1014 More about this Journal
Abstract
Experiments were done for the three dimensional unsteady flow in a counter-rotating axial flow fan under peak efficiency operating condition. Flow fields in a counter rotating axial flow fan were measured at cross-sectional planes of the upstream and downstream of each rotor. Cross sectional flow patterns were investigated through the acquired data by the 45$^{\circ}$ inclined hot-wire. Flow characteristics such as tip vortex, secondary flow and tip leakage flow were confirmed through axial, radial and tangential velocity vector plot. It has been found that the radial and tangential velocity components disappeared, while the axial velocity component highly increased as soon as the tip vortex was generated. It has been observed that secondary flow and turbulence intensity which were increased by the front rotor were dissipated passing through the rear rotor. As the result the energy loss of the counter rotating axial flow fan decreased at the downstream of rear rotor. Also, it has been verified that tip vortex pattern of the rear rotor was dampened because the tip vortex generated by front rotor was mixed with that of the rear rotor.
Keywords
Three Dimensional Unsteady Flow Field; Counter-Rotating Axial Flow Fan; Slanted Hot-Wire;
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