This application claims priority from and the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202010290698.0, filed Apr. 14, 2020, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
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.
The leading edge and trailing edge of a conventional blade are generally monotonous, smooth curves. Due to serious flow separation at the surface of the blade, vortices are formed, and consequently the blade has low aerodynamic performance and high noise.
Exemplary embodiments of the present application can solve at least some of the above-mentioned problems.
According to a first aspect of the present application, the present application provides a blade, comprising a blade tip, a blade root, a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface and lower surface are disposed opposite each other; the blade tip, the blade root, the leading edge and the trailing edge surround the upper surface and the lower surface, and connect the upper surface and the lower surface. The blade is rotatable about a rotation axis, the rotation axis being perpendicular to a normal plane. The blade tip comprises a blade tip base part and a blade tip trailing part, the blade tip base part being close to the leading edge, and the blade tip trailing part being close to the trailing edge and being bent upwards relative to the blade tip base part. An angle of attack of a chord of the blade tip trailing part is greater than an angle of attack of a chord of the blade tip base part, wherein the angle of attack is an acute included angle between the chord and the normal plane.
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, the upper surface extends smoothly from the blade tip to the blade root.
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, the range of values of the angle of attack of the chord of the blade tip trailing part is greater than or equal to 200 and less than or equal to 30°.
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, the proportion of the length of the blade tip taken up by the blade tip trailing part is greater than or equal to 1/12 and less than or equal to ⅛.
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, a projection of the leading edge on the normal plane in the direction of the rotation axis is a first curve, and the first curve has an even number of inflection points.
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, a line connecting any point on the first curve and the perpendicular foot is a first connecting line. A line connecting the perpendicular foot and a point of projection of the intersection point of the blade root and the leading edge on the normal plane in the direction of the rotation axis is a second connecting line. An included angle between the first connecting line and the second connecting line is called a leading edge angle θ. The leading edge angle θ of any point on the first curve satisfies θ∈[0°,20°].
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, the trailing edge is provided with multiple grooves, and a projection of the trailing edge on the normal plane in the direction of the rotation axis is a second curve, wherein an included angle between groove walls of each groove is a, a groove depth is H, and the length of the second curve is L.
The included angle and the groove depth satisfy:
α∈[10°,110°];
H=W×L, W∈[1.5%,20%].
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, the included angle α between the groove walls of the groove closest to the blade tip in the multiple grooves satisfies: α∈[80°, 110°].
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, the length of the trailing edge between groove walls of two adjacent said grooves is the same.
In the blade according to the abovementioned first aspect, on the trailing edge of the blade, the upper surface of the blade extends further than the lower surface in a circumferential direction, and a cross section of the trailing edge in the circumferential direction of the blade is arc-shaped.
According to a second aspect of the present application, the present application provides an axial flow impeller, comprising a hub and at least two blades according to the abovementioned first aspect. The hub has a rotation axis, the hub being rotatable about the rotation axis. The at least two blades are arranged on an outer circumferential face of the hub.
The blade of the present application can provide a large air volume, and has higher static pressure and higher efficiency.
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 description. In the following drawings, identical parts and components are indicated by identical reference numerals.
The axial flow impeller 100 has a normal plane (not shown) that is perpendicular to the rotation axis X, and the rotation axis X and the normal plane perpendicularly intersect at the perpendicular foot O (see
As shown in
Those skilled in the art will understand that the first curve in the present application can have any even number of inflection points, with no restriction to the two inflection points shown in the present application.
The inventors of the present application have found that when the leading edge angle θ satisfies θ∈[0°, 20°], the work length of the leading edge 222 having the concave arcs and convex arc can be increased effectively, thereby reducing the load on the leading edge 222 of the blade 112. When the blade 112 rotates, the concave arcs and convex arc on the leading edge 222 can forcibly split a large shed vortex that originally gathered on the upper surface of the blade 112 near the leading edge 222 into multiple small vortices, and as the blade 112 rotates, this causes the multiple small vortices to be located in a middle region of the blade 112 and at positions close to the trailing edge 220. Thus, the multiple small shed vortices located in the middle region of the blade 112 and at positions close to the trailing edge 220 can effectively reduce the intensity of turbulence as well as dissipation losses caused by turbulence, thus improving aerodynamic performance. As an example, the static efficiency value of a conventional blade is about 40%, whereas the static efficiency value of the blade 112 of the present application can reach 50%; this can effectively improve aerodynamic performance by 25%. In addition, when the multiple small vortices produced by splitting are flowing towards the trailing edge 220, they are not prone to mutual movement in the radial direction of the blade 112 to cause secondary flows, and relative speed flow lines of air on the surface of the blade 112 cross over each other as little as possible; thus, at the same time as the aerodynamic performance is improved, it is also possible to reduce noise. As an example, the blade 112 of the present application can reduce the noise value by 4 dB compared with a conventional blade (a reduction of 13%).
As an example, a straight line perpendicular to the contour line 402 is drawn at the distribution point K, and the position of the bottom point G is determined according to the groove depth H. The groove depth H satisfies:
H=W×L, W∈[1.5%,20%].
A groove wall line NG and a groove wall line MG form an included angle α, and the included angle α satisfies α∈[10°, 110°].
MN is the opening width of the groove 232. The groove bottom EF is arc-shaped, and has radius r. The groove bottom EF is tangent to the groove wall line NG and the groove wall line MG at points E and F, respectively, thereby forming the groove wall NE and groove wall MF. The radius r satisfies r∈[ 1/25H, ⅕H].
H=W×L, W∈[1.5%,20%].
A groove wall line NG and a groove wall line MG form an included angle α, and the included angle α satisfies α∈[10°, 110°].
In addition, an offset angle θ is formed between the straight line KG and the straight line CG; the offset angle Ω satisfies Ω∈[0°, 15°]. Point C may be at the left side of point K, or at the right side of point K.
As an example, the length of the trailing edge 220 between groove walls of adjacent grooves 232 is the same.
As another example, the multiple grooves 232 are configured such that the groove depths H thereof increase progressively by equal increments from the blade root 218 to the blade tip 216.
Continuing to refer to
The grooves 232 at the trailing edge 220 in the present application can reduce the power consumption of the blade 112.
In the present application, the upward-bent structure of the blade tip trailing part 610 of the blade 112 has the advantage of reducing blade noise w % bile increasing blade air volume. Specifically, the inventors of the present application have found that in a conventional blade, when the blade rotates, vortices on the blade will be shed from the trailing edge. This rapid shedding of vortices will increase the vortex intensity, thereby causing an increase in noise. In the blade 112 of the present application, the upward-bent structure of the blade tip trailing part 610 is disposed close to the trailing edge 220, and will not cause an adverse effect whereby the leading edge 222 has a large load while the trailing edge 220 has a small load. The blade tip trailing part 610 close to the trailing edge 220 has maximum tangential speed (the speed in a direction perpendicular to the radial direction), and can split vortices at the trailing edge 220 so as to form smaller vortices, thereby delaying the shedding of vortices on the lower surface 244. This splitting into small vortices can effectively reduce noise and also improve sound quality.
In addition, the upward-bent structure of the blade tip trailing part 610 can increase the work angle of the blade 112 while causing virtually no additional force to the blade 112, and thereby increase the work done by the blade 112, so as to increase the air volume of the blade 112 and increase the static pressure.
It must be explained that while the upward-bent structure of the blade tip trailing part 610 is provided on the blade 112 of the present application, the multiple grooves 232 mentioned above are also provided at the trailing edge 220. In this case, the technical effect achieved by the grooves 232 will be added to the technical effect achieved by the blade tip trailing part 610, so that the air volume of the blade 112 can still be increased while reducing the work done by the blade 112. In other embodiments, either the upward-bent structure or the grooves may be provided alone.
As an example, the proportion of the length of the blade tip 216 taken up by the length of the blade tip trailing part 610 is greater than or equal to 1/12 and less than or equal to ⅛.
As another example, the angle of attack
§ 1 of the chord L1 of the blade tip trailing part 610 satisfies: § 1 E [20°, 30°].
The inventors of the present application have found that, compared with a conventional blade having a trailing edge and lower surface that do not form a bevel, the efficiency of a blade 112 having a trailing edge 220 that forms a bevel with the lower surface 244 can be increased by about 4%, and noise can be reduced by about 12%.
Moreover, it can also be seen from
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 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 above-mentioned improvements and modifications falling within the scope of the substantive spirit of the present application.
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