NUMERICAL STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE COOLING FAN PERFORMANCE FOR AN INDUCTION MOTOR

Y. Na; S. Yang; G. Son

doi:10.6112/kscfe.2024.29.1.061

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NUMERICAL STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE COOLING FAN PERFORMANCE FOR AN INDUCTION MOTOR 유도 전동기 냉각 팬 성능 향상에 관한 수치적 연구

31 March 2024. pp. 61-71

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Abstract

Increasing motor efficiency is becoming more important as efficiency regulations for induction motors, which account for about 40% of global power consumption, are strengthened. However, research on reducing mechanical losses by improving the performance of external cooling fan is still lacking in the literacture. In this work, to find a way to minimize fan power consumption while maintaining the original fan flow rate, we investigated the influence of various parameters such as number of blades, blade height, blade angle, and fan cover shape on fan performance through three-dimsnional numerical simulations. The present computations show that power consumption can be improved by changing the blade angle and fan cover shape.

Keywords

냉각 팬(Cooling fan)

팬 커버(Fan cover)

유도 전동기(Induction motor)

소모 동력(Power consumption)

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Publisher :Korean Society for Computational Fluids Engineering
Publisher(Ko) :한국전산유체공학회
Journal Title :Journal of Computational Fluids Engineering
Journal Title(Ko) :한국전산유체공학회지
Volume : 29
No :1
Pages :61-71
Received Date : 2023-12-25
Revised Date : 2024-02-02
Accepted Date : 2024-02-22
DOI :https://doi.org/10.6112/kscfe.2024.29.1.061

Journal of Computational Fluids Engineering ISSN:1598-6071(Print) 3022-6252(Online) 한국전산유체공학회지

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