EP0332078B1 - Ringkanalgebläse - Google Patents

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EP0332078B1
EP0332078B1 EP89103757A EP89103757A EP0332078B1 EP 0332078 B1 EP0332078 B1 EP 0332078B1 EP 89103757 A EP89103757 A EP 89103757A EP 89103757 A EP89103757 A EP 89103757A EP 0332078 B1 EP0332078 B1 EP 0332078B1
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D23/00Other rotary non-positive-displacement pumps
    • F04D23/008Regenerative pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D27/00Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04D27/009Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids by bleeding, by passing or recycling fluid
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/08Sealings
    • F04D29/16Sealings between pressure and suction sides
    • F04D29/161Sealings between pressure and suction sides especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/66Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing
    • F04D29/661Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F04D29/663Sound attenuation

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  • the invention relates to an annular duct blower, which is intended in particular for conveying combustion air in heaters, such as vehicle heaters.
  • an annular channel is formed in a housing part of the annular channel blower, which has an inlet opening and an outlet opening and an interposed web-shaped interrupter.
  • the ring channel blower has an impeller fitted with blades.
  • a bypass channel can usually be provided between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, which can be adjusted by means of an adjusting screw.
  • the covering section is designed as a kidney-shaped contour, the tip of which is directed against the flow in the middle of the channel. Starting from this tip, the covering section tapers towards the inner and outer edges of the ring channel. Furthermore, the covering section also has a tapering contour on both sides in the axial direction. The production of such a geometry proves to be complex, so that it can only be used economically with blowers of higher output.
  • a ring duct blower manufactured according to the features of claim 1 fulfills the above criteria.
  • the noise level can be reduced to such an extent that intake silencers can also be dispensed with in the case of ring duct blowers of lower output.
  • the section that emerges as essential according to the invention and covers the annular channel to achieve a gradual transition has the effect, in the inventive design of the annular channel blower, that there is no sudden pressure surge at the compression end of the annular channel by an abrupt transition from the annular channel to the outlet opening, but rather that in the Air conveyed in a ring channel gradually runs to the outlet opening.
  • the ring duct blower according to the invention there is no whistle caused by a sudden pressure surge.
  • the ends of the section covering the ring channel which transitions to the inner edge and / or to the outer edge of the ring channel are formed spirally.
  • the section covering the ring channel is crescent-shaped or sail-shaped, and the tip of the section ends at the outer edge of the ring channel and points counter to the compression direction.
  • the ring channel itself can be contoured at least in the inlet area in such a flow-favorable manner that, seen in the direction of flow, there is a gradual transition from the inlet opening to the base of the ring channel.
  • the flow resistance in the inlet area of the ring duct blower is reduced in order to improve the efficiency of the ring duct blower.
  • the annular channel is contoured in such a flow-favorable manner in the area of the outlet that, seen in the direction of flow from the bottom of the annular channel, there is a gradual transition to the outlet opening.
  • the flow resistance at the outlet area of the ring duct blower is thus also reduced in order to further improve the overall efficiency of the ring duct blower.
  • transition radii the term “transition radii” being understood not only in terms of area but also spatially, based on the shape of the ring channel.
  • the section covering the ring channel preferably has a curved limiting curve, the ++++ curvature of which is between 3R and R - r 2nd lies, where R is the radius of the outer edge of the ring channel and r is the radius of the inner edge of the ring channel, ie R - r is the width of the ring channel.
  • R is the radius of the outer edge of the ring channel
  • r is the radius of the inner edge of the ring channel
  • ie R - r is the width of the ring channel.
  • the course of the section covering the ring channel can largely be chosen as desired, and curves of this area can also be combined with one another. Projected onto approximately the center of the outlet opening, the section covering the ring channel thus extends at most approximately over an angular range of 80 °, counter to the compression direction of the ring channel blower.
  • modified curved boundary lines can also be determined, in which, for example, two or more different radii of curvature are combined.
  • the aerodynamically contoured gradually extends Transition from the inlet opening to the bottom of the ring channel and / or from the bottom of the ring channel to the outlet opening in each case over a range of at most 20% of the length of the ring channel. This ensures that a sufficient length of the ring channel is available for the compression process to be carried out in the ring channel blower and for the conveying process.
  • the noise emission in the ring duct blower can surprisingly also be reduced by the fact that the bypass duct runs in an approximately perpendicular to the ring duct plane and between the inner edge and the outer edge of the annular channel extending partition between the inlet opening and the outlet opening is provided.
  • This bypass duct is therefore not provided in the peripheral surface near the bottom of the ring duct, since an abrupt transition would also occur at this point when the bypass duct is open, but it is arranged in the ring duct blower according to the invention in the region of the outlet and provides a connection Outlet to inlet, which is as close as possible to the mouth opening of the outlet.
  • the air flow has already been evened out and calmed down at this point, so that whistling noises are also avoided at this point.
  • the bypass channel is preferably designed as an elongated slot-shaped opening in the partition, so that it can be manufactured in a manner that is simple in terms of production technology.
  • the respective desired cross section can also be adjusted in a relatively large way.
  • the bypass channel In order to obtain a gradual transition from the outlet area to the inlet area also in the area of the bypass channel, the bypass channel, relative to the outer edge of the ring channel, is arranged inclined in the direction of the outlet opening in the partition. Generally speaking, it can thus be said that this bypass channel points obliquely towards the center of the housing part containing the ring channel.
  • the bypass duct preferably encloses an acute angle with respect to the outer edge of the ring duct.
  • the acute angle is suitably in a range from approximately 20 ° to approximately 45 °, and is preferably approximately 38 °. These angles of inclination have proven to be expedient on the basis of tests.
  • the adjusting screw for adjusting the opening cross section of the bypass channel is also with respect to the outer wall of the the housing part containing the annular channel is arranged inclined, ie that the thread for adjusting the adjusting screw is cut into the housing part, approximately in the direct extension of the central axis of the elongated, slot-shaped opening in the partition.
  • angles of inclination are preferably approximately in the same range as the acute angle in the bypass channel, so that the angle of inclination is in a range of approximately 20 ° to approximately 45 ° and preferably the angle of inclination is approximately 38 °.
  • 1 denotes the ring channel blower, which has a housing part 2 and an impeller 3 which is equipped with blades and which is indicated in broken lines in FIG. 1.
  • the impeller 3 is driven in rotation by a motor, not shown, an electric motor.
  • an annular channel 4 is formed with an approximately semicircular cross section. This semicircular cross section extends from an outer edge 5 over a deepest point of the ring channel 4, i.e. a so-called bottom 7 of the ring channel 4 to an inner edge 6, which, viewed in the axial direction of the housing part 2, lies approximately at the same height as the outer edge 5.
  • the outer edge 5 of the ring channel 4 has a radius R and the inner edge 6 has a radius r.
  • 8 denotes an inlet opening of the ring channel blower 1 and 9 an outlet opening thereof.
  • the outlet opening 9 can be seen in broken lines.
  • the inlet opening 8 and the outlet opening 9 point approximately in the same direction, namely in the direction of the rear of the housing part 2, as can be seen from FIG. 2.
  • Fresh air enters from the environment, for example, as combustion air, via an air inlet connection, not shown.
  • the direction of compaction is entered in FIG. 1 with an arrow.
  • the ring channel 4 is covered by a section 11 on the side facing the impeller 3 against the compression direction or upstream.
  • This section 11 is crescent-shaped or sail-shaped in the example shown and it has a curved Limiting curve 12, which starts from the inner edge 6 of the ring channel 4 and ends in a kind of tip 13 on the outer edge 5 of the ring channel 4.
  • the section 11 covering the ring channel 4 thus tapers continuously, starting from the inner edge 6 to the outer edge 5 of the ring channel 4.
  • the curved boundary curve 12 is not sharp-edged, but is slightly chamfered or rounded.
  • the transition 14 of the section 11 to the inner edge 6 is also expediently rounded and can be designed as a spiral seen in space.
  • the transition 15 of the section 11 to the outer edge 5 is expediently also rounded or seen in a spiral shape in space.
  • this sail-shaped section 11 covering the annular channel 4 extends approximately over an angular range of 80 °.
  • the curved limiting curve 12 shown is of course only to be understood as an example and, depending on the dimensions of the ring channel 4, this can have a curvature that is between 3R and ( R - r 2nd ) lies.
  • the radius of curvature in the range from three times the radius R of the outer edge 5, starting from the maximum value can be selected up to approximately the minimum value, which is approximately equal to half the width B of the ring channel 4.
  • a web-shaped interrupter 16 is provided which separates the inlet opening 8 from the outlet opening 9 and vice versa.
  • the web-shaped interrupter 16 is designed in the ring duct blower 1 in such a way that a section 17 is obtained at the inlet area, the boundary edge 18 of which is approximately formed as a tangent to the circle of the inner edge 6.
  • This section 17 is also inclined in relation to the plane stretched between the outer edge 5 and the inner edge 6 of the ring channel 4 in the direction of the base 7 of the ring channel 4. This inclination is only slight and can be approximately 12 °, for example.
  • the section 17 partially covers the projection of the inlet opening 8 onto the ring channel 4, so that the air stream flowing in via the inlet opening 8 is already deflected such that it enters the ring channel 4 tangentially.
  • the portion 17 of the web-shaped breaker 16 is designed in a corresponding manner at the inlet area, so that both the The inlet area as well as the outlet area of the ring channel blower 1 is contoured as a whole in terms of flow, ie that protruding sharp edges in the area of the air flow course are avoided. At all deflection areas, gradual, i.e.
  • the outlet with the outlet opening 9 has a greater axial length than the inlet with the inlet opening 8.
  • the outlet also has the outlet opening 9 over the inlet with the inlet opening 8 over.
  • this need not necessarily be the case, but this form of training essentially depends on the design of the burner to be supplied with combustion air by means of the annular duct blower 1 and on the available installation space.
  • the ring duct 4 is contoured in such a streamlined manner at least in the region of the inlet with the inlet opening 8 and optionally also in the region of the outlet with the outlet opening 9 that there is a gradual transition in the inflow direction or outflow direction from the inlet to the bottom 7 of the ring channel 4 or from the bottom 7 of the ring channel 4 to the outlet opening 9.
  • These aerodynamically contoured sections of the ring channel 4, which form a gradual transition and on which the ring channel 4 does not yet have its maximum channel cross section, preferably each extend over a range of at most 20% of the length of the ring channel 4.
  • the bypass channel 20 is formed in a partition 21 which extends approximately in the axial direction of the housing part 2 and represents an extension of the web-shaped interrupter 16.
  • the partition wall 21 extends approximately perpendicular to the plane of the ring channel 4 or to the plane passing through the base 7, and the partition wall 21 extends on the side of the housing part 2 facing away from the ring channel 4 approximately between the outer edge 5 and the inner edge 6 this partition wall 21 directly adjoins the inlet opening 8 and the outlet opening 9 lying side by side in the circumferential direction.
  • the bypass channel 20 extends obliquely in this partition to the outer edge 5 of the ring channel 4 and thus closes an angle to the outer edge 5 a.
  • the bypass channel 20 starts approximately from the height of the inlet opening 8 and extends in the form of an elongated, slot-shaped opening in the partition wall 21 in the direction of the outlet opening 9.
  • the angle of the central axis of the elongated bypass channel 20 which is included in this case with the outer edge 5 of the annular channel 4 can be seen in are in a range from approximately 20 to approximately 45 ° and, according to a preferred embodiment, it is approximately 38 °. So it is an acute angle.
  • a bore 22 is made in the housing part 2, which also extends at an angle to the outer edge 5 of the ring channel 4.
  • This bore 22 is threaded and an adjusting screw 23 is inserted into the threaded bore 22 as an actuator.
  • the set screw 23 is accessible from the outside 24 of the housing part 2.
  • the set screw 23 can be turned in a corresponding manner in order to set the desired free passage cross section of the bypass channel 20.
  • the bypass duct 20 is placed closer to the outlet opening 9 of the ring duct blower 1, the air flow emerging and compressed via the outlet region of the ring duct blower 1 has already calmed down and has been standardized with regard to its flow behavior, so that when a via the bypass duct 20 Direct connection from the outlet with the outlet opening 9 to the inlet with the inlet opening 8 is established, the swirling of the air flow is largely reduced and therefore a largely silent passage of the air from the outlet to the inlet is also achieved in the area of the bypass channel 20.
  • the area in which the curvature of the limiting curve 12 of the section 11 lies is illustrated with a hatched area.
  • the upper and lower tolerance ranges with regard to changes from the family of curves in the above-mentioned ranges are indicated by border hatching.
  • the curve labeled C1 has a radius of 3R, while the curve labeled C2 has a radius R - r 2nd Has. This defines the upper and lower limits of the area of curvature.
  • the boundary edge 12 need not have a uniform curvature, but combinations of at least two different curvatures can also be realized, the design advantageously being such that there are no sharp edges at the transitions between the curve sections different curvatures.

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