Leakage Noise and Related Flow Pattern in a Low-Speed Axial Fan with Rotating Shroud

Designing Axial Flow Fan for Flow and Noise

A comprehensive finite element methodology is developed to predict the compressible flow performance of a non-symmetric 7-blade axial flow fan, and to quantify the source strength and sound pressure levels at any location in the system. The acoustic and flow performances of the fan are predicted simultaneously using a computational aero-acoustic technique combining transient flow analysis and n...

Uncertainty quantification of low - speed fan noise

Uncertainty quantification (UQ) has been achieved for the first time on the self-noise prediction of a low-subsonic axial fan. Realistic 5% and 4% errors are introduced on the volume flow-rate and the rotational speed, respectively, and a set of 81 ReynoldsAveraged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations of the fan mounted on an axisymmetric test plenum has been simulated at Clenshaw-Curtis points. By...

Investigation of Tip-leakage-vortex Breakdown and Its Role in Rotating Stall in a 1.5-stage Low-speed Axial-compressor

April 10-15, 2016 Abstract A whole-annulus unsteady numerical simulation is carried out to investigate the mechanism of the rotating stall in a 1.5-stage low-speed axial-compressor. By comparing the experimental and numerical results, the numerical results are validated. The numerical simulation captures the most features of the rotating stall of the 1.5-stage compressor observed from the exper...

Experimental comparison between a counter-rotating axial-flow fan and a conventional rotor-stator stage

Based on the requirement of energy consumption level and weight and dimension restriction, compact axial machines are highly demanded in many industrial fields. The counter-rotating axial-flow fans could be a promising way to achieve these requirements. Because of the reduction of rotational speed and a better homogenization of the flow downstream of the rear rotor, these machines may have very...

AXIAL FLOW OF CASSON PLASTIC MODEL IN ANNULUS WITH A ROTATING INNER CYLINDER