A Study on Noise Reduction of Centrifugal Fan in Air Conditioner by Using the Bionic Blade Inspired by the Owl Wing[J]. 2018, 52(6): 55-61.
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A Study on Noise Reduction of Centrifugal Fan in Air Conditioner by Using the Bionic Blade Inspired by the Owl Wing[J]. 2018, 52(6): 55-61.DOI: 10.7652/xjtuxb201806009.
A Study on Noise Reduction of Centrifugal Fan in Air Conditioner by Using the Bionic Blade Inspired by the Owl Wing
The airfoil in the position of 40% spanwise of the long-eared owl wing which has excellent aerodynamic performance and low noise characteristics is extracted to reconstruct the bionic blades based on the reverse engineering design method. Then these designed bionic blades are applied to improve the aerodynamic performance and reduce the aerodynamic noise of centrifugal fan in window air conditioner. Numerical simulation and experimental study are conducted to investigate the effects of four different distributions of medial camber line of the bionic blades on the aerodynamic performance. The validity of the numerical model and the method is confirmed through experimental measurements. When the bionic blade inspired by the long-eared owl wing airfoil is distributed by mono-arc medial camber line
the noise of the centrifugal fan reduces by 1.3 dB while the flow rate is basically unchanged. The numerical results of the internal flow and noise characteristics on the centrifugal fan show that when the optimal bionic blade is used
the low-speed separation region in the impeller reduces and the generation and development of the vortex is suppressed effectively. At the same time
the periodic unsteady interaction between the impeller and the volute tongue and the amplitude of pressure fluctuation in the region of blade leading edge and volute tongue were weakened. This is also one of the reasons why the aerodynamic noise of the centrifugal fan in the air conditioner is reduced when the bionic blade inspired by the long-eared owl wing is used.
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