The work presented in this paper concerns a useful method for axial fans preliminary design based on the “Derivative Design” concept. The emphasis is, on one side, on education and, on the other, on the practical help that such method can provide in the early preliminary design process. A complete data set of an axial fan measured with ISO 5801 standards is the start point for the investigation and the prediction of the multiple possible performance that different fan configurations can provide, in terms of dimensionless duty coefficients. In particular, configurations with different number of blades, and hence of solidity, are studied. The typical options of derivative design are explored and relations for performance prediction are presented. A detailed description of the derivative design methodology is followed by tests and validation. The tools employed are a fully three dimensional code, the Advanceded Actuator Disk Mode (AADM), and two other in-house codes, the Meanline Axisymmetric Calculation (MAC) and Axisymmetric Laboratory (AXLAB). Results of the derivative design method are reported, showing a good accuracy against the AADM data. The MAC and AXLAB ensure still acceptable results when increasing the solidity of the machine. On the contrary, a decrease of solidity leads to higher relative errors in the prediction of the load coefficient. In conclusion, an exploration of the possible fields of operation of a blade profile can be carried out by a correct prediction of the stage diffusion factor.

Derivative design of axial fan range: from academia to industry / Cardillo, Lucio; Corsini, Alessandro; Delibra, Giovanni; Sheard, Anthony G.; Volponi, David; Bonanni, Tommaso. - CD-ROM. - 6:(2016), pp. ?-?. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition tenutosi a Seoul, Corea del Sud nel 15-19 June 2016) [10.1115/GT2016-57469].

Derivative design of axial fan range: from academia to industry

CARDILLO, LUCIO;CORSINI, Alessandro;DELIBRA, GIOVANNI;VOLPONI, DAVID;BONANNI, TOMMASO
2016

Abstract

The work presented in this paper concerns a useful method for axial fans preliminary design based on the “Derivative Design” concept. The emphasis is, on one side, on education and, on the other, on the practical help that such method can provide in the early preliminary design process. A complete data set of an axial fan measured with ISO 5801 standards is the start point for the investigation and the prediction of the multiple possible performance that different fan configurations can provide, in terms of dimensionless duty coefficients. In particular, configurations with different number of blades, and hence of solidity, are studied. The typical options of derivative design are explored and relations for performance prediction are presented. A detailed description of the derivative design methodology is followed by tests and validation. The tools employed are a fully three dimensional code, the Advanceded Actuator Disk Mode (AADM), and two other in-house codes, the Meanline Axisymmetric Calculation (MAC) and Axisymmetric Laboratory (AXLAB). Results of the derivative design method are reported, showing a good accuracy against the AADM data. The MAC and AXLAB ensure still acceptable results when increasing the solidity of the machine. On the contrary, a decrease of solidity leads to higher relative errors in the prediction of the load coefficient. In conclusion, an exploration of the possible fields of operation of a blade profile can be carried out by a correct prediction of the stage diffusion factor.
2016
ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition
Gas turbines; Turbomachinery; Optimization
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Derivative design of axial fan range: from academia to industry / Cardillo, Lucio; Corsini, Alessandro; Delibra, Giovanni; Sheard, Anthony G.; Volponi, David; Bonanni, Tommaso. - CD-ROM. - 6:(2016), pp. ?-?. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition tenutosi a Seoul, Corea del Sud nel 15-19 June 2016) [10.1115/GT2016-57469].
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