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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2011.35.3.301

Performance Analysis for Turbo Blower According to Inlet-Vane Angles  

Jang, Choon-Man (Plant Research Div., Korea Institute of Construction Tech.)
Lim, Soo-Jung (Plant Research Div., Korea Institute of Construction Tech.)
Yang, Sang-Ho (Samwon E&B.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.35, no.3, 2011 , pp. 301-307 More about this Journal
Abstract
Turbo blowers are mainly used in refuse collection systems. We discuss blower performance in relation to the angle of the inlet vane installed at the upstream of the blower. The flow characteristics of the components are analyzed by three-dimensional Navier-Stokes analysis and compared to experimental results. A two-stage serially connected turbo blower is introduced to analyze the performance experimentally. Throughout the experimental measurements and the numerical simulation, the distorted inlet velocity generated in the small vane angle reduces the performance of the blower, because of the local leading-edge separation and the resulting non-uniform blade loading. We also perform a detailed flow analysis using the results obtained in the numerical simulation.
Keywords
Turbo Blower; Efficiency; Inlet Vane; Vortical Flow; Numerical Simulation;
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