• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2000

This paper is concerningon the development of cross-flow fan (CFF) for vehicles. CFF is widely usedhome-appliance products. This work mainly Intends developing CFF only for an automobile. In order to do that, new design involving blade shapes is proposed with enough performance for the operation. Spacially three steeps are proceeded for blade design. injection conditions for manufacturing, and capacity test for fluid mechanics. The present methodologies are to find optimal design for the blades and conditions for the injection process. This project has continued since last two years and finally succeeded.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06e
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• pp.678-683
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• 2001

The present work has carried out experimental study on a cross-flow fan system with a simplified vortex wall scroll casing. A cross-flow fan test rig was constructed to obtain pressure rise and volume flow rate for various fan operating conditions. The performance estimation is using a wind tunnel with a motor driven damper for flow rate control and flows are quantitatively visualized by light scattering system with a pulsed laser. Min focus on the visualization is finding a eccentric vortex inside a fan which is a major factor reducing fan efficiency. Comprehensive engineering data are prepared for industrial applications and show a good agreement with a prior work by experimental measurements.