Influence of Coanda surface curvature on performance of bladeless fan

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摘要 TheuniqueCoandasurfacehasagreatinfluenceontheperformanceofbladelessfan.However,thereisfewstudiestoexplaintherelationshipbetweentheperformanceandCoandasurfacecurvatureatpresent.Inordertogainaqualitativeunderstandingofeffectofthecurvatureontheperformanceofbladelessfan,numericalstudiesareperformedinthispaper.Firstly,three-dimensionalnumericalsimulationisdonebyFluentsoftware.ForthepurposetoobtaindetailedinformationoftheflowfieldaroundtheCoandasurface,two-dimensionalnumericalsimulationisalsoconducted.FivetypesofCoandasurfaceswithdifferentcurvaturearedesigned,andtheflowbehaviourandtheperformanceofthemareanalyzedandcomparedwiththoseoftheprototype.TheanalysisindicatesthatthecurvatureofCoandasurfaceisstronglyrelatedtoblowingperformance,ItisfoundthatthereisanoptimalcurvatureofCoandasurfacesamongthestudiedmodels.Simulationresultshowsthatthereisaspeciallowpressureregion.WithincreasingcurvatureinYdirection,severallowpressureregionsgraduallyenlarged,thenbegintomergeslowly,andfinallyformalargeareaoflowpressure.Fromtheanalysesofstreamlinesandvelocityangle,itisfoundthatthemagnitudeofthecurvatureaffectstheflowdirectionandreasonablecurvaturecaninducefluidflowclosetothewall.Thus,itleadstothatthecurvatureofthestreamlinesisconsistentwiththatofCoandasurface.Meanwhile,italsocausesthefluidmovementtowardsthemostsuitabledirection.Thisstudywillprovideusefulinformationtoperformanceimprovementsofbladelessfans.
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出版日期 2014年05月15日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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