PENG Xiaokang, MA Yanpeng, TIAN Chenye, et al. Effects of Double-Arc Non-Uniform-Thickness Blades on Internal Flow Control and Aerodynamic Performance of a Multi-Blade Centrifugal Fan[J]. Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University,2026,60 (9):177-186. https://doi.org/10.7652/xjtuxb202609017.
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PENG Xiaokang, MA Yanpeng, TIAN Chenye, et al. Effects of Double-Arc Non-Uniform-Thickness Blades on Internal Flow Control and Aerodynamic Performance of a Multi-Blade Centrifugal Fan[J]. Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University,2026,60 (9):177-186. https://doi.org/10.7652/xjtuxb202609017.DOI:
Effects of Double-Arc Non-Uniform-Thickness Blades on Internal Flow Control and Aerodynamic Performance of a Multi-Blade Centrifugal Fan
To improve the aerodynamic performance of an integrated cooking appliance and effectively reduce its aerodynamic noise
a blade modification method with greater freedom in flow-passage design and fewer design variables is proposed for its multi-blade centrifugal fan.The double-arc uniform-thickness blades with superior performance in the prototype fan are selected
and the double-arc profile of the blade suction surface is optimized using computational fluid dynamics(CFD)and response surface methodology.The uniform-thickness blades are reconstructed as non-uniform-thickness blades to achieve internal flow control of the multi-blade centrifugal fan.At the operating condition
the inlet angle
outlet angle
arch-point circle diameter of the blade suction-surface profile
and the number of blades are optimized using the Box-Behnken response surface method
with the airflow rate and shaft power of the integrated cooking appliance taken as the optimization obj ectives.The optimal parameter combination is obtained through quadratic regression fitting based on the design parameters and sample results.It is shown by the experimental results that
compared with the prototype
an increase of 2.53% in airflow rate and a reduction of 1.8 dB in noise are achieved by the integrated cooking appliance employing the optimized design.It is shown by visual analyses of the CFD flow field and aerodynamic noise calculations that the suction surface of the optimized non-uniform-thickness blades better conforms to the airflow streamlines
flow separation in the inter-blade passages is effectively suppressed
and sound pressure fluctuations on the blade surfaces are reduced.Meanwhile
the inlet and outlet angles of the non-uniform-thickness blades are better matched with the inlet and outlet flow angles.Pressure fluctuations at the blade leading edges and the unsteady interaction between the blade trailing-edge wakes and the volute tongue are effectively reduced
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