Aeroacoustic Properties of a Radial Fan

Thesis by Hande BEZCİ

The CAD geometry is  created by using both CATIA and Rhinoceros V3.0. The point cloud is converted to  CAD data using CATIA. ANSYS ICEM CFD is used for meshing and the solver is FLUENT.

3D Rotor Geometry

 

3D Stator Geometry

 

Fan Performance Curve

 

Effect of rpm on Fan Performance for 20 Pa gauge pressure value

 

Results

      Pressure Distribution on z-cutplane                  Velocity Profile near tongue on z-cutplane