[article]
Titre : |
Turbulence and secondary flows in an axial flow fan with variable pitch blades |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Jesús Manuel Fernández Oro, Auteur ; Rafael Ballesteros-Tajadura, Auteur ; Eduardo Blanco Marigorta, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2009 |
Article en page(s) : |
11 p. |
Note générale : |
Fluids engineering |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Secondary flows pitch blades axial flow fan |
Résumé : |
This paper analyzes the structure of turbulence and secondary flows at the exit of an axial flow fan with variable pitch blades. The influence of changing the blades’ pitch angle over the turbulent structures is assessed by means of turbulence intensity values and integral length scales, obtained by using hot-wire anemometry for several test conditions. Since total unsteadiness is composed of both periodic and random unsteadiness, it is necessary to filter deterministic unsteadiness from the raw velocity traces in order to obtain turbulence data. Consequently, coherent flow structures were decoupled and thus, levels of turbulence—rms values of random fluctuations—were determined using a filtering procedure that removes all the contributions stemming from the rotational frequency, the blade passing frequency, and its harmonics. The results, shown in terms of phase-averaged distributions in the relative frame of reference, revealed valuable information about the transport of the turbulent structures in the unsteady, deterministic flow patterns. The anisotropic turbulence generated at the shear layers of the blade wakes was identified as a major mechanism of turbulence generation, and significant links between the blade pitch angle and the wake turbulent intensity were established. In addition, the autocorrelation analysis of random fluctuations was also used to estimate integral length scales—larger eddy sizes—of turbulence, providing useful data for computational fluid dynamics applications based on large eddy simulation algorithms. Finally, contours of radial vorticity and helicity gave a detailed picture of the vortical characteristics of the flow patterns, and the definition of secondary flow as the deviation of the streamwise component from the inviscid kinematics was introduced to determine the efficiency of the blade design in the energy exchange of the rotor. |
En ligne : |
http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/issue.aspx?journalid=122 [...] |
in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 130 N° 4 (Avril 2008) . - 11 p.
[article] Turbulence and secondary flows in an axial flow fan with variable pitch blades [texte imprimé] / Jesús Manuel Fernández Oro, Auteur ; Rafael Ballesteros-Tajadura, Auteur ; Eduardo Blanco Marigorta, Auteur . - 2009 . - 11 p. Fluids engineering Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 130 N° 4 (Avril 2008) . - 11 p.
Mots-clés : |
Secondary flows pitch blades axial flow fan |
Résumé : |
This paper analyzes the structure of turbulence and secondary flows at the exit of an axial flow fan with variable pitch blades. The influence of changing the blades’ pitch angle over the turbulent structures is assessed by means of turbulence intensity values and integral length scales, obtained by using hot-wire anemometry for several test conditions. Since total unsteadiness is composed of both periodic and random unsteadiness, it is necessary to filter deterministic unsteadiness from the raw velocity traces in order to obtain turbulence data. Consequently, coherent flow structures were decoupled and thus, levels of turbulence—rms values of random fluctuations—were determined using a filtering procedure that removes all the contributions stemming from the rotational frequency, the blade passing frequency, and its harmonics. The results, shown in terms of phase-averaged distributions in the relative frame of reference, revealed valuable information about the transport of the turbulent structures in the unsteady, deterministic flow patterns. The anisotropic turbulence generated at the shear layers of the blade wakes was identified as a major mechanism of turbulence generation, and significant links between the blade pitch angle and the wake turbulent intensity were established. In addition, the autocorrelation analysis of random fluctuations was also used to estimate integral length scales—larger eddy sizes—of turbulence, providing useful data for computational fluid dynamics applications based on large eddy simulation algorithms. Finally, contours of radial vorticity and helicity gave a detailed picture of the vortical characteristics of the flow patterns, and the definition of secondary flow as the deviation of the streamwise component from the inviscid kinematics was introduced to determine the efficiency of the blade design in the energy exchange of the rotor. |
En ligne : |
http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/issue.aspx?journalid=122 [...] |
|