New Energy
ZHENG Nan, YE Xuemin, HU Jiami, LI Chunxi
Based on large eddy simulation, a numerical study of a variable-pitch axial fan with different spans of toothed Gurney flap (TGF) was carried out. The effects of the TGF and span on fan performance, aerodynamic noise and static pressure distribution were explored, and the internal relationship between noise and vortex structure distribution was analyzed. Results show that the total pressure of the fan can be obviously increased with the TGF, its increase amplitude is proportional to the flap span, and the total pressure can achieve a rise of 1 409 Pa when the flap span is 0.9. The noise reduction of the fan with the TGF increases with the decrease of the flap span, when the latter is 0.7, the former reaches 18.33 dB. The TGF has a series of effects including weakening the wake strength of the blade, improving the root bubble vortex size, forming a longer tubular vortex at the top of the flap, and damping the interaction between the wake vortex and the tip leakage flow. The smaller the flap span, the more significant the effect of improvement and noise reduction. When the flap span is 0.9, the TGF has the best comprehensive performance in improving the total pressure, widening the high efficiency area and reducing noise, and it also has a notable improvement in the total pressure rise and the efficiency of large flow rate side under variable installation angles.