Auxiliary Equipment Technology
ZHENG Nan, YE Xuemin, YANG Tiankang, LI Chunxi
Taking a two-stage variable pitch axial flow fan as an example, the fan performance, vortex structure and aerodynamic noise were investigated for serrated flaps with different tooth lengths by large eddy simulation (LES), so as to analyze its internal flow characteristics, noise source distribution and noise reduction mechanism. Results show that the serrated flaps can effectively improve the fan performance, and the increase of total pressure is inversely proportional to the tooth length. The maximum efficiency point of the fan with serrated flaps would move to large flow rate side, and the high operation efficiency area becomes wider. With the increase of tooth length, the average static pressure of serrated flaps decreases first and then increases,and the average static pressure of case 4 decreases by 402 Pa compared with the original fan, therefore, the reduction of its high-frequency noise is the most significant. The utilization of serrated flaps can reduce the turbulence fluctuation intensity, the size and distribution area of wake vortices decrease, meanwhile, the number of leading-edge separation vortices decrease. Two pairs of antisymmetric vortices with opposite rotation directions appear at the trailing edge of the serrated flaps, leading to strong interaction between the two and fast energy dissipation, which is the main reason for the noise reduction.