Abstract
In the current study, the unsteady flow in a centrifugal fan is carried out using Computational Fluid Dynamics calculation based on the Scale Adaptive Simulation (SAS) approach to model the turbulence phenomenon. The SAS concept is based on the introduction of the von Karman length scale into the turbulence scale equation. The information provided by the von Karman length scale allows SAS models to dynamically adjust to resolved structures in an Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) simulation, which results in a Large Eddy Simulation-like behaviour in unsteady regions of the flow field. At the same time, the model provides standard RANS capabilities in stable flow regions. The introduction of the von Karman length scale is based on the reformulation of Rottas's equation for the integral length scale. To validate the numerical results, the overall performances of the fan and the wall pressure fluctuations computed upon the volute casing surface are compared with the unsteady measured data.
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