Auxiliary Equipment Technology
WU Changle, CHEN Eryun, YANG Ailing, LI Guoping
In order to study the influence of bionic blades on the aerodynamic characteristics, flow and sound fields of centrifugal fan, three types of bionic structures including corrugated leading edge, serrated trailing edge and surface pits were applied on centrifugal fan blades, and the flow and noise radiation for each structure were numerically calculated. Results show that for the structure of surface pits, it suppresses the separation flow on the suction surface of blades and improves the total pressure and efficiency of the fan, however, the pressure pulsation near the wall of the volute increases, and finally the noise of the fan goes up by 0.85 dB; for the structure of serrated trailing edge, the power capacity of the fan is decreased, but the high efficiency can still be maintained, at the same time the flow in the impeller is improved and the pressure pulsation is significantly weakened, finally the total sound pressure level is reduced by an average of 5.04 dB; for the structure of corrugated leading edge, the aerodynamic performance of the fan is slightly improved compared with the prototype, and the whole noise reduction is 3.14 dB.