TITLE:
Internal Flow Condition between Front and Rear Rotor of Contra-Rotating Small-Sized Axial Fan at Low Flow Rate
AUTHORS:
Toru Shigemitsu, Kensuke Tanaka, Katsuhiko Hirosawa, Keisuke Miyazaki
KEYWORDS:
Small-Sized Axial Fan, Contra-Rotating Rotors, Wake, Potential Interference, Numerical Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics,
Vol.7 No.4,
December
29,
2017
ABSTRACT:
Contra-rotating small-sized fans are used as cooling fans for electric equipment. The internal flow condition between the front and rear rotors of the contra-rotating small-sized fan is not known well especially at the low flow rate. Furthermore, the blade row distance between the front and rear rotors is an important parameter for the contra-rotating small-sized fan and its influence on the internal flow condition is not clarified at the low flow rate. Therefore, the internal flow condition of the contra-rotating small-sized fan at the low flow rate is investigated by the numerical analysis in this research. The numerical analysis results are validated by comparing the fan static pressure curves of the numerical results to the experimental results. The internal flow condition at the low flow rate is clarified using the numerical models of the different blade row distance L = 10 mm and 30 mm. In the present paper, pressure fluctuations phase locked each front and rear rotor’s rotation are shown and the influences of the wake and the potential interference are discussed by the unsteady numerical analysis results at the low flow rate.