Lee, K.J.; Park, I.W.; Bang, K.S.; Kim, Y.M.; Ahn, Y.C. Optimal Design of a Plenum Fan with Three-Dimensional Blades. Appl. Sci.2020, 10, 3460.
Lee, K.J.; Park, I.W.; Bang, K.S.; Kim, Y.M.; Ahn, Y.C. Optimal Design of a Plenum Fan with Three-Dimensional Blades. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 3460.
Lee, K.J.; Park, I.W.; Bang, K.S.; Kim, Y.M.; Ahn, Y.C. Optimal Design of a Plenum Fan with Three-Dimensional Blades. Appl. Sci.2020, 10, 3460.
Lee, K.J.; Park, I.W.; Bang, K.S.; Kim, Y.M.; Ahn, Y.C. Optimal Design of a Plenum Fan with Three-Dimensional Blades. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 3460.
Abstract
We successfully designed an optimized plenum fan with a three-dimensional, smooth, curved blade. The optimized model revealed that the static pressure in the channel had been increased uniformly and stably, and the flow separation at the leading edge was significantly reduced. To conclude, the three-dimensional blade stabilized the fluid flow, and the flow friction was reduced by suppressing the flow separation as much as possible so that both the static pressure and the static efficiency were clearly improved in comparison with those of the original model. The static efficiency, as a result, was improved by 6% compared with that of the original model.
Keywords
plenum fan; blade profile; static pressure; static efficiency; velocity distribution
Subject
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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