This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan patent application number 111106063 filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
The present invention relates to the field of heat dissipation by blower, and more particularly, to a centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower and a heat dissipation system using same.
A blower is one type of turbomachinery that converts mechanical energy into fluid's kinetic energy, so as to overcome pipeline resistance and energy loss and convey a fluid to a specific location. The blower can be generally divided into three types, namely, axial flow blower, centrifugal flow blower, and cross flow blower. In the case of an axial flow blower, air is drawn in and blown out of the blower in an axial direction of an axial impeller of the blower; since the air flows into the blower from upper edges of blades of the axial impeller and flows out of the blower from lower edges of the blades of the axial impeller, an area located directly behind a hub of the axial impeller forms a dead zone without any air flowing therethrough. In the case of a centrifugal flow blower, it operates in a principle the same as that of a centrifugal pump. That is, air flows in an axial direction of a centrifugal impeller to pass through an air inlet of a volute into the centrifugal impeller. Under a centrifugal effect generated by the operating centrifugal impeller, the air then flows in a direction tangential to the rotation direction of the centrifugal impeller to move from an outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller into a spiral chamber in the volute, from where the air is discharged via an air outlet of the volute.
For different system spaces, different types of blowers are used. For example, for a relatively large cabinet space, the axial flow blower is used. On the other hand, in most conditions, the centrifugal flow blower is suitable for use in a narrow and flat space.
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The axial impeller 521 includes a hub 5211 and a plurality of blades 5212 spaced on and around the hub 5211. When the axial impeller 521 of the axial flow blower 52 rotates, no air flows to a blind zone or dead zone that is located directly behind the hub 5211 to drive the air through the narrow rectangular air outlet 513. Most of the air flowing through lower edges of the blades 5212 is blocked by the bottom 5111 of the receiving recess 511 instead of passing through the narrow rectangular air outlet 513. The blocked air flows reversely toward the axial blower 52 to collide with air that continuously flows from the axial impeller 521 to therefore generate turbulent air flows, which prevent most part of the air flows from flowing into the system internal space 512 via the narrow rectangular air outlet 513.
In the case a cross flow blower is used in place of the axial blower 52 and disposed in direct correspondence to the narrow rectangular air outlet 513 in order to get an increased air-outlet area share, a relatively loud noise would be produced because air flows into and out of a cross flow fan in the cross flow blower in a radial direction with respect to the cross flow fan.
It is therefore tried by the inventor to solve the above-mentioned problems.
To improve the above problems, a primary object of the present invention is to provide a centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower and a heat dissipation system using same. The centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower can be used in a narrow space in the system for an air stream to flow through an air outlet of the system in an axial direction without producing loud noise.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower and a heat dissipation system using same, so as to realize the effect of changing a centrifugal vortical flow into an axial flow.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower, which includes a declined flow passage between any two adjacent blades of a centrifugal impeller, so that air is guided by the declined flow passages to flow radially outward and downward from the centrifugal impeller into a blower chamber. With the declined flow passages, it is able to realize the effect of decreasing flow loss caused by change in the flow direction of air.
To achieve the above and other objects, the centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower of the present invention is suitable for use with a heat dissipation system container having a rectangular air outlet. The centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower includes a blower enclosure, an impeller seat, and a centrifugal impeller. The blower enclosure includes a main body and a flow guide frame. The main body has an air-in side and an opposite air-out side, which together define a blower chamber between them. The flow guide frame is located at the air-out side of the main body and adjacent to the rectangular air outlet of the system container, and includes a butt joining side, an outlet side, and an air guide surface. The butt joining side and the outlet side are located at two opposite sides of the flow guide frame, and the air guide surface is formed on an inner side of the flow guide frame to extend slantly from the butt joining side to the air-out side and define a frame passage on the flow guide frame; and the frame passage is communicable with the blower chamber and the rectangular air outlet. The impeller seat includes a seat portion and two cantilever portions. The cantilever portions are extended radially outward from an outer periphery of the seat portion and respectively have a distal end formed into a corresponding connecting section for connecting to the main body of the blower enclosure, such that the impeller seat is supported in the blower chamber and the frame passage. The centrifugal impeller is mounted on the seat portion of the impeller seat and located below the air inlet of the blower enclosure. The centrifugal impeller includes a top impeller frame, a bottom impeller frame, and a plurality of blades located between the top and the bottom impeller frame. A radially outward declined flow passage is defined between any two adjacent blades, and the declined flow passages are respectively declined from a center toward an outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller and communicable with the blower chamber. Air drawn in by the centrifugal impeller is guided by the declined flow passages to flow into the blower chamber in radially downward and outward directions and then pass through the frame passage, at where the air is guided by the air guide surface to the rectangular air outlet to flow into the system container.
To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention also provides a heat dissipation system using centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower. The heat dissipation system includes a system container and a centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower. The system container includes a receiving recess and a container space. The receiving recess includes a bottom that separates the receiving recess from the container space, and a partial area of the bottom is formed into a substantially rectangular air outlet, which is communicable with the container space. The container space has a heat dissipation unit disposed therein to be located below the receiving recess. The centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower includes a blower enclosure, an impeller seat, and a centrifugal impeller. The blower enclosure includes a main body and a flow guide frame. The main body has an air-in side and an opposite air-out side, which together define a blower chamber between them. The flow guide frame is located at the air-out side of the main body and adjacent to the rectangular air outlet of the system container, and includes a butt joining side, an outlet side, and an air guide surface. The butt joining side and the outlet side are located at two opposite sides of the flow guide frame, and the air guide surface is formed on an inner side of the flow guide frame to extend slantly from the butt joining side to the air-out side and define a frame passage on the flow guide frame; and the frame passage is communicable with the blower chamber and the rectangular air outlet. The impeller seat includes a seat portion and two cantilever portions. The cantilever portions are extended radially outward from an outer periphery of the seat portion and respectively have a distal end formed into a corresponding connecting section for connecting to the main body of the blower enclosure, such that the impeller seat is supported in the blower chamber and the frame passage. The centrifugal impeller is mounted on the seat portion of the impeller seat and located below the air inlet of the blower enclosure. The centrifugal impeller includes a top impeller frame, a bottom impeller frame, and a plurality of blades located between the top and the bottom impeller frame. A radially outward declined flow passage is defined between any two adjacent blades, and the declined flow passages are respectively declined from a center toward an outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller and communicable with the blower chamber. Air drawn in by the centrifugal impeller is guided by the declined flow passages to flow into the blower chamber in radially downward and outward directions and then pass through the frame passage, at where the air is guided by the air guide surface to the rectangular air outlet to flow into the system container.
In the present invention, the frame passage is tapered from the butt joining side toward the outlet side to extend through a thickness direction of the flow guide frame; the butt joining side is connected to the air-out side of the main body of the blower enclosure; and the air guide surface is a slanted surface or a concave surface.
In the present invention, the main body of the blower enclosure includes a top wall located at the air-in side and formed with an air inlet and two connecting sections. The air inlet is communicable with the blower chamber, and the two connecting sections are connected to the corresponding connecting sections of the impeller seat.
In the present invention, the top impeller frame is located above the blades and is radially outward declined from a center toward the outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller to define a flow intake, which is located corresponding to the air inlet of the blower enclosure; and the bottom impeller frame includes a radially outward slanted surface, on which the blades are located. The slanted surface of the bottom impeller frame is radially outward declined from an outer side of the hub toward the outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller, and the slanted surface of the bottom impeller frame and the slanted top impeller frame together define the declined flow passages.
In the present invention, an area of the top wall of the blower enclosure located around a rim of the air inlet is a bent section, which is bent toward the blower chamber to define an annular groove in the blower chamber; and the flow intake of the top impeller frame has a circumferential edge, which is upward protruded toward the top wall to form an upward protruded ring, and the upward protruded ring is correspondingly located in the annular groove of the top wall.
In the present invention, an outer cover covers the air-in side of the blower enclosure and includes an air venting mesh portion, which has a plurality of through holes distributed thereon and is located corresponding to the air inlet at the air-in side of the blower enclosure; and a frame-shaped gasket is provided between the flow guide frame and the bottom of the receiving recess.
The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment and the accompanying drawings, wherein
The present invention will now be described with a preferred embodiment thereof.
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The flow guide frame 12 is located at the air-out side 112 of the main body 11 and has a butt joining side 121 for connecting to the air-out side 112 of the main body 11, and an outlet side 122 located opposite to the butt joining side 121. The flow guide frame 12 has an air guide surface 123 formed therein. The air guide surface 123 is a slanted surface or a concave surface extended around an inner side of the flow guide frame 12. More specifically, the surrounding air guide surface 123 has a cross sectional shape slanted or curved downward from the butt joining side 121 into the flow guide frame 12 toward the outlet side 122 to define a frame passage 124 on the flow guide frame 12. The frame passage 124 is communicable with the blower chamber 113, and is tapered from the butt joining side 121 toward the outlet side 122 to extend through a thickness direction of the flow guide frame 12. Thus, the air guide surface 123 functions to guide air flow in the blower chamber 113 to pass through the outlet side 122 axially.
As shown, the impeller seat 20 includes a seat portion 21 and two cantilever portions 22. The cantilever portions 22 are extended radially outward from an outer periphery of the seat portion 21 and respectively have a distal end formed into a corresponding connecting section 221. The corresponding connecting sections 221 can be in the form of, for example, two upward extended barrels for correspondingly connecting to the two connecting sections 1142 downward protruded from the top wall 114 of the main body 11. With these arrangements, the impeller seat 20 is suspended in the blower chamber 113 and the frame passage 124 of the flow guide frame 12. The connecting sections 1142 and the corresponding connecting sections 221 can be connected to one another by different connecting means, such as screws, glue, or snap-fit. The seat portion 21 has a centered upward extended bearing cup 211 for receiving at least one bearing therein. A motor stator, which includes an insulated rack assembly with a silicon steel sheet assembly mounted thereto and a winding wound around the insulated rack assembly and the silicone steel sheet assembly, is fitted around the bearing cup 211. In the illustrated preferred embodiment of the present invention, the impeller seat 20 and the flow guide frame 12 are two separate parts. However, it is understood the present invention is not limited thereto. In other alternative embodiments, the impeller seat 20 and the flow guide frame 12 can be an integrally formed component. For example, the corresponding connecting sections 221 on the two cantilever portions 22 of the impeller seat 20 can be integrally formed with the flow guide frame 12.
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The bottom impeller frame 32 includes a hub 321 and a radially outward slanted surface 322. The hub 321 is internally provided with a spindle and a motor rotor with a magnetic ring (not shown). The spindle is inserted into the bearing disposed in the bearing cup 211 on the seat portion 21 of the impeller seat 20 to support the centrifugal impeller 30 on the seat portion 21, and the motor rotor is disposed corresponding to the motor stator fitted around the bearing cup 211. The slanted surface 322 is radially outward declined from an outer side of the hub 321 toward the outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller 30. The blades 33 are formed on the slanted surface and circumferentially spaced around the outer side of the hub 321. The radially outward slanted surface 322 of the bottom impeller frame 32 and the radially outward slanted top impeller frame 31 together define a radially outward declined flow passage 34 between any two adjacent blades 33. The radially outward declined flow passages 34 are declined from the outer side of the hub 321 toward the outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller 30 and are communicable with the blower chamber 113. Therefore, the air flowing into the centrifugal impeller 30 is guided by the declined flow passages 34 to flow into the blower chamber 113 in radially downward and outward directions.
Each of the blades 33 has an air-in edge 331 located adjacent to the hub 321, and an air-out edge 332 located at the outer peripheral edge of the centrifugal impeller 30. The air-in edge 331 is downward inclined from the top impeller frame 31 toward the bottom impeller frame 32 and is located corresponding to the flow intake 311, so that the air drawn through the air inlet 1141 of the blower enclosure 10 is guided by the air-in edges 331 of the blades 33 to smoothly flow into the declined flow passages 34 to enable an increased intake air amount.
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The centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower B is disposed in the receiving recess 41 with the outlet side 122 of the flow guide frame 12 located adjacent to the bottom 411 of the receiving recess 41 and the frame passage 124 of the flow guide frame 12 being communicable with the blower chamber 113 and the rectangular air outlet 413. The air-in side 111 of the blower enclosure 10 is covered by an outer cover 15. The outer cover 15 includes an air venting mesh portion 151, which has a plurality of through holes distributed thereon and is located corresponding to the air inlet 1141 at the air-in side 111 of the blower enclosure 10 to provide the function of stopping foreign materials from entering into the centrifugal impeller 30 via the air inlet 1141. Further, a frame-shaped gasket 16 is optionally provided between the air-out side 122 of the flow guide frame 12 and the bottom 411 of the receiving recess 41. The frame-shaped gasket 16 is made of a flexible material, such as plastics or rubber, to provide an upgraded tightness between the blower enclosure 10 of the centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower B and the bottom 411 of the receiving recess 41.
With the above arrangements, the centrifugal-to-axial mixed flow blower B according to the present invention can realize the effect of changing a centrifugal vortical flow into an axial flow, and can be used in a limited system space to reduce noise emission and decrease flow loss.
The present invention has been described with a preferred embodiment thereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications in the described embodiment can be carried out without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
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