Abstract
Abstract: Bionic axial fan is the main component in the outdoor unit split type room air-conditioner (AC) which impact the cooling and comfort. The present work aims to improve the aerodynamic performances of bionic axial fan by numerical technique. The detailed simulation has been carried out to investigate the aerodynamic performance of bionic axial fan with various design proposals for a detailed investigation and development of a prospective fan design prior to the manufacture and testing of costly prototypes. According to the biological fact that the serrations at the wing improve the acoustics as well the aerodynamic performances, various design modifications performed on the bionic axial fan blade. As the serrations at the trailing edge help to improve the aerodynamic performance, the fan blade design modified to investigate the change in mass flow rate. The flow field is simulated with the finite element Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver Altair-AcuSolve to analyse the influence of trailing edge serrations on the air flow rate of fan. The three-dimensional (3D) computational domain with SpalartAllmaras (SA) turbulence model is considered to predict the air flow rate. The present computation is carried out for the axial fan speed of 820 rpm. The flow rate is correlated with the test results to validate the CFD modeling approach. The result shows that the trailing edge serrations at the tip of the fan has predicted improvement in flow rate since it alter the length of separation bubble near the trailing edge which also helps to reduce the noise level.
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