Flow Characteristics Impeller Change of an Axial Turbo Fan

In this paper, three dimensional flow characteristic was presented by a revision of an impeller of an axial turbo fan for improving the airflow rate and the static pressure. TO consider an incompressible steady three-dimensional flow, the RANS equations are used as the governing equations, and the standard k-ε turbulence model is chosen. The pitch angles of 44°, 54°, 59°, and 64° are implemented for the numerical model. The numerical results show that airflow rates of each pitch angle are 1,175 CMH, 1,270 CMH, 1,340 CMH, and 800 CMH, respectively. The difference of the static pressure at impeller inlet and outlet are 120 Pa, 214 Pa, 242 Pa, and 60 Pa according to respective pitch angles. It means that the 59° of the impeller pitch angle is optimal to improve the airflow rate and the static pressure.

Authors:

• Young-Kyun Kim
• Tae-Gu Lee
• Jin-Huek Hur
• Sung-Jae Moon
• Jae-Heon Lee

Keywords:

• Axial turbo fan
• Impeller
• Blade
• Pitch angle.

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