Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan
The present work reports an experimental study of the leakage flow in a low-speed fan ring. Existing 2D Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements taken in a meridional plane in front of the rotor gap have been further processed and analyzed by means of the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD)....
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| author | Matteo Dellacasagrande Edward Canepa Andrea Cattanei Mehrdad Moradi |
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| description | The present work reports an experimental study of the leakage flow in a low-speed fan ring. Existing 2D Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements taken in a meridional plane in front of the rotor gap have been further processed and analyzed by means of the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD). Three values of the dimensionless pressure rise across the rotor have been investigated. Namely, attention has been focused on the intermediate case—the one for which a strong radial oscillation in the leakage flow has been observed: POD results have shown that, in this condition, the leakage flow exhibits periodic radial oscillations that are not correlated to the periodic blade passing. Moreover, such coherent motions have been found to promote turbulence transport at different radial positions, whereas rotor-related oscillations have a negligible effect in this sense. The present POD procedure can be generally applied to turbomachinery flows to characterize their unsteady behavior beside the classical phase-averaging methods based on rotor-related quantities. The present approach is novel for the study of leakage flow dynamics in axial fans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f5f4447320f47bc9d36ca52301cb15c2023-11-19T11:13:10ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power2504-186X2023-09-01833410.3390/ijtpp8030034Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial FanMatteo Dellacasagrande0Edward Canepa1Andrea Cattanei2Mehrdad Moradi3Department of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering (DIME), University of Genova, 16145 Genova, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering (DIME), University of Genova, 16145 Genova, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering (DIME), University of Genova, 16145 Genova, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering (DIME), University of Genova, 16145 Genova, ItalyThe present work reports an experimental study of the leakage flow in a low-speed fan ring. Existing 2D Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements taken in a meridional plane in front of the rotor gap have been further processed and analyzed by means of the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD). Three values of the dimensionless pressure rise across the rotor have been investigated. Namely, attention has been focused on the intermediate case—the one for which a strong radial oscillation in the leakage flow has been observed: POD results have shown that, in this condition, the leakage flow exhibits periodic radial oscillations that are not correlated to the periodic blade passing. Moreover, such coherent motions have been found to promote turbulence transport at different radial positions, whereas rotor-related oscillations have a negligible effect in this sense. The present POD procedure can be generally applied to turbomachinery flows to characterize their unsteady behavior beside the classical phase-averaging methods based on rotor-related quantities. The present approach is novel for the study of leakage flow dynamics in axial fans.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-186X/8/3/34axial-flow fanrotating shroudleakage flowPIVPOD |
| spellingShingle | Matteo Dellacasagrande Edward Canepa Andrea Cattanei Mehrdad Moradi Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power axial-flow fan rotating shroud leakage flow PIV POD |
| title | Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan |
| title_full | Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan |
| title_short | Characterization of Unsteady Leakage Flow in an Axial Fan |
| title_sort | characterization of unsteady leakage flow in an axial fan |
| topic | axial-flow fan rotating shroud leakage flow PIV POD |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-186X/8/3/34 |
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