EP0459497B1 - Ventilateur hélicoide avec boîtier cylindrique - Google Patents

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EP0459497B1
EP0459497B1 EP91108890A EP91108890A EP0459497B1 EP 0459497 B1 EP0459497 B1 EP 0459497B1 EP 91108890 A EP91108890 A EP 91108890A EP 91108890 A EP91108890 A EP 91108890A EP 0459497 B1 EP0459497 B1 EP 0459497B1
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Siegfried Harmsen
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D25/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D25/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D25/06—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
    • F04D25/0606—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven the electric motor being specially adapted for integration in the pump
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/26—Rotors specially for elastic fluids
    • F04D29/32—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for axial flow pumps
    • F04D29/38—Blades
    • F04D29/384—Blades characterised by form
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S416/00—Fluid reaction surfaces, i.e. impellers
    • Y10S416/02—Formulas of curves
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S416/00—Fluid reaction surfaces, i.e. impellers
    • Y10S416/05—Variable camber or chord length

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  • the invention relates to an axial fan with a substantially cylindrical outer housing and a fan wheel revolving therein, the hub of which sits on the rotor of a centrally arranged electric drive motor, the stator of which is held by webs which extend on the pressure side to the outer housing, and the radially twisted blades of which have a forward curvature with a curvature that changes from the cross section to the outer cross section.
  • axial fans such as are known from DE-A-1964 840, are installed, for example, in personal computers and other electronic devices in order to generate a cooling air flow. Since such devices are often operated at desks and comparable workplaces, the noise development, which is associated with the generation of the cooling air flow plays a considerable role.
  • the task is therefore not only to generate a sufficient volume flow at such a pressure increase which is sufficient to overcome the flow resistance specified by the device construction, but also to cause as little working noise as possible.
  • the need to reduce manufacturing costs has led to the manufacture of both the outer housing and the fan wheel from injection-molded plastic, whereas in the past the outer housing was die-cast from metal and the fan wheel was welded from sheet metal; this in turn has consequences for the design of the fan.
  • the fan wheel of the known fan described at the outset has seven blades, the cross section of which in each circumferential plane from the hub to the outer edge is designed for the same characteristic point - that is, the same volume flow at a certain pressure increase.
  • the wing cross-section in the hub area has a strong curvature and at the same time a large setting angle (against the axis perpendicular); towards the outside, both the curvature and the setting angle decrease.
  • the cross section lengthens in accordance with the increasing scope.
  • this fan was only able to meet the expectations placed on it to a limited extent.
  • the volume flow with free-blowing operation seemed to indicate the generation of sufficient air circulation, the practical use showed realistic Conditions that the pressure increase was not sufficient to maintain the required volume flow even against the resistance at the place of use.
  • the aim of the invention was therefore to design an axial fan of the present type in such a way that, with the greatest possible reduction in operating noise, an increase in pressure is achieved which maintains the required volume flow of air even under installation conditions.
  • the wings in the hub area have a cross section designed for small volume flow and small pressure increase, in the outer area, on the other hand, a cross section designed for higher volume flow and pressure increase values, while the cross-sectional design in the area in between changes continuously and the wings in relatively small change in curvature are also slightly twisted overall.
  • the front and rear edges of the wings are crescent-shaped, the central cross-section preferably having the greatest length. This effect is probably due to the fact that the geometric conditions of the wing itself and its relationship to the webs do not favor the formation of air vibrations of defined frequencies or of beatings.
  • the front edges starting from the hub, initially curve radially and further outward with the direction of rotation, while preferably the rear edges are inclined forward on the hub and are curved outward of the central section against the direction of rotation.
  • the wings are particularly preferably arranged in an odd number on the handle because this eliminates noises which otherwise occur in even-numbered wings due to the even-numbered division of the circumference.
  • the stator of the electric drive motor is also particularly preferably held by an even number of webs on the outer housing, as a result of which the undesired noises can be further reduced.
  • the forward curvature of the wings particularly preferably decreases with increasing distance from the hub, within one wing cross-section, that is to say with constant Distance from the hub, preferably the forward curvature increases towards the rear edge of the wings. It has been shown that such a shape particularly advantageously realizes the radial dependence of the volume flow and the pressure increase according to the invention.
  • the outer housing 1 of the axial fan consists of one piece and has a cylindrical section 2, which is delimited on the end face by molded-on, mutually aligned flange sections 3. In the corner areas of the pressure side, the cylindrical section 2 merges into extensions 4. In these, for example, there are four webs 5, which - parallel to the circumference - run parallel to the radius and open into a central plate 6 which carries the stator (not shown) of the (electric) drive motor. Bores 7 in the corners of the flanges 3 are used to fasten the fan, for example in a monitor housing.
  • the fan wheel designated as a whole by 10, has a hub 11, the diameter of which is substantially equal to the diameter of the plate 6, and which cup-shaped engages over the stator of the electric motor fastened on the plate 6 and is operatively connected to its rotor part.
  • Five fan blades 12, which have the configuration according to the invention, are fastened, for example, to the circumference of the hub 11 - in a known manner not quite evenly distributed.
  • the fan blades 12 with the hub 11 are made in one piece, which is produced by plastic injection molding.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the different cross-sectional configuration of the blades in radially different circumferential planes (in the opposite direction of rotation; see direction of rotation arrow 8) more clearly than the top view of the middle blade 12 in FIG. 2.
  • the wing 12 attaches to the hub 11 in the hub region.
  • the middle profile shows the cross section 14, and the cross section 15 shown in dashed lines in FIG. 3 illustrates the wing profile on the outer circumference of the fan wheel. It can be seen that both the curvature, namely the greatest distance of the wing inner profile from the edge connector 16 and the setting angle of this edge connector relative to the perpendicular 17 to the axis 18, changes only slightly in the three cross-sectional (circumferential) planes.
  • the curvature has the shape of a forward curvature, which decreases with increasing distance from the hub 11.
  • the forward curvature - viewed in cross section of a wing - increases steadily from the front edge 20 to the rear edge 21.
  • This configuration of the vane 12 is obtained when the radially inner vane profile (in the hub area) is given smaller values for volume flow and pressure increase than the configuration determination of the cross section on the outer diameter; a suitable interpolation takes place in between.
  • FIG. 4 shows the corresponding cross-sectional configurations 13a, 14a and 15a of a wing which has been given the same characteristic values over its entire radial extent.
  • the top view of the impeller 10 in FIG. 1 illustrates the crescent shape of the leading edges 20 and the trailing edges 21 of each blade 12.
  • the leading edges 20 initially run radially outward and then are curved against the direction of rotation, while the trailing edges 21 start tilted backwards on the hub 11 and run outward of the wing center section with the direction of rotation curved.
  • the wing cross section 14 has the greatest length in the central section (FIG. 3).

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  1. Ventilateur hélicoïde comprenant une enveloppe extérieure (1), pour l'essentiel cylindrique, et une roue de ventilateur (10) qui tourne dans celle-ci, dont le moyeu (11) est monté sur le rotor d'un moteur électrique d'entraînement, le stator de celui-ci étant maintenu par des pattes (5) qui s'étendent vers l'enveloppe extérieure (1) du côté du refoulement, et dont les pales (12) gauchies radialement présentent une courbure vers l'avant avec un gauchissement variant depuis la section transversale au moyeu jusqu'à celle de l'extérieur, caractérisé par le fait que les pales (12) présentent dans la région du moyeu une section transversale (13) conçue pour de faibles débits volumiques et pour une faible augmentation de la pression, et, au contraire, une section transversale (15) conçue pour des valeurs plus élevées du débit volumique et de l'augmentation de la pression dans la région extérieure, tandis que le dessin de la section transversale varie continûment dans la région située entre celles-ci, et que les pales (12) sont aussi faiblement gauchies au total, cependant que la variation de la courbure est relativement faible.
  2. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il est prévu un nombre impair de pales (12).
  3. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait qu'il est prévu cinq pales (12).
  4. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que le stator du moteur électrique d'entraînement est maintenu par un nombre pair de pattes (5).
  5. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que les bords avant et arrière (20, 21) des pales (12) s'étendent en forme de croissants.
  6. Ventilateur hélïcoide selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que la section transversale centrale (14) présente la plus grande longueur.
  7. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que la courbure des pales (12) vers l'avant décroît lorsque la distance par rapport au moyeu (11) augmente.
  8. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que la courbure des pales vers l'avant (12) est recourbée vers le bord arrière (21) des pales (12).
  9. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que les bords avant (20) des pales (12), en partant du moyeu (11), s'étendent tout d'abord radialement, et ensuite en étant courbés vers l'extérieur à l'opposé de la direction de rotation (8).
  10. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que les bords arrière (21) des pales (12) se raccordent au moyeu (11) en étant inclinés vers l'arrière, et qu'ils s'étendent vers l'extérieur de la partie centrale en étant courbés dans la direction de la rotation.
  11. Ventilateur hélicoïde selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que le moyeu (11) entoure le stator du moteur électrique d'entraînement.
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