The present application relates to the field of rotary machinery such as fans, pumps and compressors, in particular to a blade and an axial flow impeller using same.
A conventional blade is generally a twisted, smooth streamlined blade; due to serious flow separation at blade surfaces, vortices form, and blade tip leakage is very difficult to avoid, so the blade performance is low and noise is high.
Exemplary embodiments of the present application can solve at least some of the abovementioned problems.
According to a first aspect of the present application, the present application provides a blade, comprising: an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being a pressure face, and the lower surface being a suction face; a blade tip and a blade base; a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the pressure face and the suction face each extend from the blade tip to the blade base, and each extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge; and a bent part, the bent part being arched from the pressure face toward the suction face; wherein the bent part has a lowest point in a radial cross section of the blade, and a connecting line of the lowest points extends in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
In the blade according to the first aspect above, a projection of the blade tip in an axial direction is a first arcuate projection; a projection of the blade base in the axial direction is a second arcuate projection; a projection of the connecting line of the lowest points in the axial direction is a third acruate projection; the first actuate projection, the second actuate projection and the third actuate projection are concentric.
In the blade according to the first aspect above, a curved line of the bent part along a radial cross section of the blade satisfies:
arch width w=a×θm, wherein the value range of a is 0.2≤a≤2; the value range of m is 1≤m≤3; θ is a circumferential angle, and the value range of θ is 0° ≤θ≤180°; arch height h=b×θn, wherein the value range of 0b is 0.05≤b≤1; the value range of n is 1≤n≤3; θ is a circumferential angle, and the value range of θ is 0° ≤θ≤180°.
In the blade according to the first aspect above, m is equal to n, and the value range of w/h is 0.05≤w/h≤0.4.
According to a second aspect of the present application, the present application provides an axial flow impeller, characterized by comprising: a hub, the hub having a central axis, the hub being able to rotate around the central axis, and a cross section of the hub in an axial direction being circular; and at least two blades, the at least two blades being arranged on an outer circumferential face of the hub, each of the at least two blades comprising: an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being a pressure face, and the lower surface being a suction face; a blade tip and a blade base; a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the pressure face and the suction face each extend from the blade tip to the blade base, and each extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge; and a bent part, the bent part being arched from the pressure face toward the suction face; wherein the bent part has a lowest point in a radial cross section of the blade, and a connecting line of the lowest points extends in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
According to a third aspect of the present application, the present application provides a blade, comprising: an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being a pressure face, and the lower surface being a suction face; a blade tip and a blade base; a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the pressure face and the suction face each extend from the blade tip to the blade base, and each extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge; a front part and a rear part, the front part being close to the blade tip, and the rear part being close to the blade base; and a front arched part, the front arched part being located at the front part, and the front arched part being arched from the suction face toward the pressure face; wherein the front arched part has a highest point in a radial cross section of the blade, and a connecting line of the highest points extends in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, a projection of the blade tip in an axial direction is a first arcuate projection; a projection of the blade base in the axial direction is a second arcuate projection; a projection of the connecting line of the highest points in the axial direction is a fourth arcuate projection; wherein the first arcuate projection, the second arcuate projection and the fourth arcuate projection are concentric.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, a radial position of the highest point of the front arched part in the radial cross section of the blade gradually deviates from the blade tip toward the blade base in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, the projection of the connecting line of the highest points in the axial direction is an involute.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, the ratio of the arch width w of the trailing edge to the length of the trailing edge is greater than or equal to 0.05 and less than or equal to 0.3.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, a curved line of the front arched part along a radial cross section of the blade satisfies:
arch width w=a×θm, wherein the value range of a is 0.2≤a≤2; the value range of m is 1≤m≤3; θ is a circumferential angle, and the value range of θ is 0° ≤θ≤180°; arch height h=b×θn, wherein the value range of b is 0.05≤b≤1; the value range of n is 1≤n≤3; θ is a circumferential angle, and the value range of θ is 0° ≤θ≤180°.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, m is equal to n, and the value range of w/h is 0.05≤w/h≤0.4.
In the blade according to the third aspect above, the blade further comprises a bent part, the bent part being arched from the pressure face toward the suction face; wherein the bent part has a lowest point in a radial cross section of the blade, a connecting line of the lowest points extends in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and the connecting line of the lowest points is in the rear part.
According to a fourth aspect of the present application, the present application provides an axial flow impeller, characterized by comprising: a hub, the hub having an axis, the hub being able to rotate around the axis, and a cross section of the hub in an axial direction being circular; and at least two blades, the at least two blades being arranged on an outer circumferential face of the hub, each of the at least two blades comprising: an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being a pressure face, and the lower surface being a suction face; a blade tip and a blade base; a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the pressure face and the suction face each extend from the blade tip to the blade base, and each extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge; a front part and a rear part, the front part being close to the blade tip, and the rear part being close to the blade base; and a front arched part, the front arched part being located at the front part, and the front arched part being arched from the suction face toward the pressure face; wherein the front arched part has a highest point in a radial cross section of the blade, and a connecting line of the highest points extends in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
The blade of the present application can curb flow separation at blade surfaces, mitigate shredded vortices at the surfaces, and thereby improve the blade performance, and reduce operating noise.
The features and advantages of the present application can be better understood by reading the following detailed description with reference to the drawings. In all of the drawings, identical reference labels indicate identical components, wherein:
Various specific embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings which form a part of this Specification. It should be understood that terms indicating direction are used in the present application, e.g. “front” meaning close to the blade tip, “rear” meaning close to the blade base, “leading edge” meaning a front-end edge in the rotation direction of the blade, “trailing edge” meaning a rear-end edge in the rotation direction of the blade, “upper” indicating an upper surface (i.e. pressure face) and “lower” indicating a lower surface (i.e. suction face), etc. describe various exemplary structural parts and elements of the present application in a directional or orientational fashion, but these terms are used here solely for the purpose of facilitating explanation, and are determined on the basis of the exemplary orientations shown in the drawings. Since the embodiments disclosed herein may be arranged in different orientations, these terms indicating direction are merely illustrative and should not be regarded as limiting. In the following drawings, the same components use the same reference numbers, and similar components use similar reference numbers so as to avoid repeated descriptions.
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The blade 112 of the present application further comprises a bent part 262. The bent part 262 is arched from the pressure face 212 toward the suction face 214. As shown in
Continuing to refer to
It must be explained that, although the blade 112 comprises the bent part 262 and the front arched part 264 in the embodiment shown in
As shown in
arch width w=a×θm;
arch height h=b×θn
wherein θ denotes a circumferential angle. Specifically, a point P is arbitrarily chosen on the blade tip 216, and an included angle formed between a connecting line from point P to the centre O of the hub 110 and a connecting line from an intersection point L of the blade tip 216 and the leading edge 222 to the center O of the hub 110 is the circumferential angle θ (see
Here, 0.2≤a≤2; 0.05≤b≤1; 1≤m≤3; 1≤n≤3; and 0° ≤θ≤180°.
The arch width w represents the maximum width of the bent part 262 in a radial cross section; the arch height h represents the height of the highest point, relative to the lowest point, of the bent part 262 in a radial cross section.
As an example, m is equal to n, and the value range of w/h is 0.05≤w/h≤0.4.
As another example, when the blade 112 has an outer radius r1=340 mm, a=0.2, b=1, and m=n=1.
The radius of the lowest point in a radial direction of the bent part 262 satisfies:
rx=c×(r1+r2)
wherein r1 is the outer radius of the blade 112;
r2 is the radius of the hub 110;
the value range of c is 0.1≤c≤0.95.
As shown in
As shown in
arch width w=a×θm;
arch height h=b×θ
wherein θ denotes a circumferential angle. Specifically, a point P is arbitrarily chosen on the blade tip 216, and an included angle formed between a connecting line from point P to the centre O of the hub 110 and a connecting line from an intersection point of the blade tip 216 and the leading edge 222 to the center O of the hub 110 is the circumferential angle θ (see
The value range of a is 0.2≤a≤2; the value range of b is 0.05≤b≤1; the value range of m is 1≤m≤3; the value range of n is 1≤n≤3; and the value range of θ is 0° ≤θ≤180°.
The arch width w represents the maximum width of the front arched part 264 in a radial cross section of the blade 112; the arch height h represents the height of the highest point, relative to the lowest point, of the front arched part 264 in a radial cross section of the blade 112.
As an example, m is equal to n, and the value range of w/h is 0.05≤w/h≤0.4.
As another example, when the blade 112 has an outer radius r1=340 mm, a=0.2, b=1, and m=n=1.
Continuing to refer to
As another example, the ratio of the arch width w of the trailing edge 220 to the length of the trailing edge 220 is greater than or equal to 0.05 and less than or equal to 0.3.
It must be explained that a blade profile cross section of the blade 112 from the leading edge to the trailing edge may be of various types; it may be a cross section of equal thickness or any two-dimensional airfoil profile. Although relations for the arch width w and arch height h are listed in the present application, the arched characteristics of the front arched part 264 and bent part 262 in the present application may also use arcs, parabolas, etc., which are likewise capable of achieving the objectives of improving blade performance and reducing noise in the present application.
Although only some characteristics of the present application are shown and described herein, those skilled in the art can make various improvements and modifications. Therefore, it should be understood that the attached claims are intended to cover all of the abovementioned improvements and modifications falling within the scope of the substantive spirit of the present application.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201810437361.0 | May 2018 | CN | national |
201820688573.1 | May 2018 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2019/085923 | 5/8/2019 | WO | 00 |