EP2937570A1 - Zentrifugalgebläse - Google Patents

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EP2937570A1
EP2937570A1 EP13865117.9A EP13865117A EP2937570A1 EP 2937570 A1 EP2937570 A1 EP 2937570A1 EP 13865117 A EP13865117 A EP 13865117A EP 2937570 A1 EP2937570 A1 EP 2937570A1
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centrifugal fan
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Tooru Iwata
Kaname Maruyama
Shimei Tei
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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
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/26—Rotors specially for elastic fluids
    • F04D29/28—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/281—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps for fans or blowers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D17/00—Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D17/08—Centrifugal pumps
    • F04D17/10—Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
    • 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
    • F04D29/28—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/288—Part of the wheel having an ejecting effect, e.g. being bladeless diffuser
    • 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
    • F04D29/28—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/30—Vanes
    • 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
    • F04D29/40—Casings; Connections of working fluid
    • F04D29/42—Casings; Connections of working fluid for radial or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/44—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers
    • F04D29/441—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps

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  • the present invention relates to a centrifugal fan.
  • Centrifugal fans such as turbo fans have conventionally been used to supply air at high pressure in air handling units and other air conditioning apparatuses for large-scale air conditioning of the interior of a building.
  • a turbo fan is a fan that has backward-inclined blades, and configured to blow out air radially outward.
  • the turbo fan thus has the advantage of being simply configured since it does not require a scroll casing such as that of a sirocco fan.
  • one problem is that the flow of air, immediately after being expelled by the blades, impinges on objects around the blades and is disturbed, which leads to increased noise and reduced efficiency.
  • diffuser rings are provided radially on the outer side of the blades, as in the turbo fans described in Patent Literature 1 and 2.
  • the shroud and the hub have larger outer diameters than the outer diameter of the blades. Parts of the shroud and hub that are positioned on the outer side of the blades form the respective diffuser rings.
  • the blades in such a turbo fan are usually two-dimensional blades that have uniform cross sections orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotating shaft of the turbo fan at positions displaced along the axial direction.
  • the two-dimensional blades are each connected to an inwardly protruding portion of the shroud at an acute angle.
  • the blade 121 which is a two-dimensional blade, is arranged between the shroud 119 and hub 115. In a portion 129 where the blade 121 is connected to the shroud 119 at an acute angle, there is a region 129 where the air is easily disturbed.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a centrifugal fan that can improve the diffuser effect of diffuser rings that converts kinetic energy of the air to pressure.
  • a centrifugal fan of the present invention is characterized to include: a hub; a plurality of blades arranged along a circumferential direction of the hub; and a shroud arranged on an opposite side of the blades from the hub, the blades each having a curved part that is curved to incline toward a side on which air impinges when a connected end connected to an inwardly protruding portion of the shroud moves in a rotating direction of the centrifugal fan, the hub having a hub-side diffuser ring that protrudes radially outward of the blades, and the shroud having a shroud-side diffuser ring that protrudes radially outward of the blades.
  • the indoor unit 31 shown in Fig. 1 is a cassette type indoor unit that is embedded in the ceiling.
  • This indoor unit 31 includes a generally cuboidal housing 33 that is embedded in an opening in the ceiling C, and a decorative panel 47 attached to the lower part of the housing 33.
  • the decorative panel 47 has a dimension in plan view that is slightly larger than that of the housing 33 and is exposed in the room such as to cover the opening in the ceiling C.
  • the decorative panel 47 has a rectangular inlet grill 39 provided in the center and a plurality of (e.g. four) thin and long rectangular air outlets 37 provided along each side of this inlet grill 39.
  • the indoor unit 31 includes a blower 51 equipped with a centrifugal fan 23, a fan motor 11 that drives the centrifugal fan 23 to rotate, a heat exchanger 43 surrounding the outer side of the centrifugal fan 23, a drain pan 45, and an air filter 41.
  • the blower 51 includes the centrifugal fan 23 that is a turbo fan, and a bell mouth 25.
  • the centrifugal fan 23 includes, as shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 , a hub 15, a plurality of (e.g. seven in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 ) blades 21 arranged in a circumferential direction of the hub 15, and a shroud 19 arranged on the opposite side of the blades 21 from the hub 15.
  • outlets 28 of the centrifugal fan 23, through which the air is blown out, are each formed by the spaces surrounded by the hub 15, shroud 19, and two blades 21.
  • the hub 15 is secured to the rotating shaft 13 of the fan motor 11 that is fixed to the top plate of the housing 33.
  • the hub 15 has a hub-side diffuser ring 27 that protrudes radially outward of the blades 21. More specifically, the hub-side diffuser ring 27 has a ring-like shape and is formed to extend outward beyond the rear edges 21 b of respective blades 21.
  • the shroud 19 is arranged opposite the hub 15 on the front side F in the axial direction A of the rotating shaft 13 (see Fig. 1 ).
  • the shroud 19 includes an air inlet 19a that opens in the form of a circle around the rotating shaft 13.
  • the outer diameter of the shroud 19 increases toward the rear side R (see Fig. 1 ).
  • the shroud 19 has a curved portion 19b that protrudes inward of the centrifugal fan 23 from the air inlet 19a to the outlet 28.
  • the shroud 19 has a shroud-side diffuser ring 26 that protrudes radially outward of the blades 21.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 is formed to extend outward beyond the rear edges 21 b of respective blades 21 and arranged opposite the hub-side diffuser ring 27.
  • the mutually opposing faces of the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and shroud-side diffuser ring 26 are smoothly continuous with the mutually opposing faces of the hub 15 and shroud 19, respectively.
  • the distance between the diffuser rings 27 and 26 is set such as to gradually increase radially outward of the centrifugal fan 23, as shown in Fig. 5 .
  • each blade 21 is aligned and spaced apart a certain distance along the circumferential direction of the air inlet 19a between the hub 15 and shroud 19.
  • One end on the front side F (see Fig. 1 ) of each blade 21 is joined to the inner face of the shroud 19.
  • One end on the rear side R (see Fig. 1 ) of each blade 21 is joined to the hub 15.
  • each blade 21 is a backward-inclined blade that is inclined radially outward toward the opposite direction from the rotating direction B (backward) relative to the radial direction of the hub 15 (i.e., so that the rear edges 21b of the blades 21 shown in Fig. 3 are positioned on the radially outer side than the front edges 21 a).
  • Each blade 21 shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 6 is formed by a so-called 3D shape blade that is shaped such that its cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the axial direction A of the rotating shaft 13 of the motor 11 varies at positions displaced along the axial direction A.
  • the front edge 21a and rear edge 21b of the blade 21 have a twisted positional relationship, as well as the end on the front side F and the end on the rear side R of the blade 21 have a twisted relationship.
  • Each blade 21 includes, as shown in Fig. 3 to Fig. 5 , a main part 21h joined to the hub 15, a curved part 21 d continuous with one end of the main part 21 h on the side of the shroud 19, and a connected end 21c continuous with one end of the curved part 21d on the side of the shroud 19.
  • the rotating direction B in Fig. 4 is a direction extending perpendicularly to the paper plane of Fig. 4 toward the viewer.
  • the connected end 21c leads to an inwardly protruding portion 19b of the shroud 19.
  • the inwardly protruding portion 19b of the shroud 19, more specifically, is a curved portion protruding inward of the centrifugal fan 23 as shown in Fig. 4 , a portion excluding the part linearly extending radially inward.
  • the curved part 21 d is curved to incline toward a side 21c1 on which air impinges when the connected end 21c moves in the rotating direction B of the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the curved part 21 d is formed by protruding a portion of the blade 21 on the side near the shroud 19 out, relative to the main part 21h, toward the side opposite from the side 21d1 which the air impinges on when that portion moves in the rotating direction B of the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the connected end 21c is connected to the inwardly protruding portion 19b of the shroud 19 generally orthogonally to a tangential line C (see Fig. 4 ) of the inner face of the portion 19b.
  • the curved part 21d is formed continuously from the front edge 21a to the rear edge 21b of the blade 21, as shown in Fig. 5 .
  • a hub-side end 21e at the rear edge 21b of the blade 21 is positioned more forward in the rotating direction B of the centrifugal fan 23 than a shroud-side end 21 f of the rear edge 21 b.
  • the hub-side end 21e at the rear edge 21 b of the blade 21 is located on the front side in the rotating direction B, the air flows along the inclined front surface 21g of the blade 21 (i.e., forward side in the rotating direction B) as indicated by arrow F1 in Fig. 6 , and thus the air can readily flow toward the shroud 19.
  • the flow of the air F0 that passes through the centrifugal fan 23 is uniform along the axial direction A of the centrifugal fan 23, as shown in Fig. 5 .
  • the diffuser effect of the pair of diffuser rings 26 and 27, i.e., the effect that converts the kinetic energy of the flow of the air F1 to a static pressure, in particular, the diffuser effect on the side of the shroud 19, can be improved.
  • the outer diameter D2 of the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and the outer diameter D3 of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 are each set to be 1.1 times or more larger than the diameter D1 of the circumscribed circle of the plurality of blades 21, as shown in Fig. 7 . While the outer diameter D2 of the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and the outer diameter D3 of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 are set the same in Fig. 7 , the present invention is not limited to this. These outer diameters D2 and D3 need not necessarily be the same.
  • the distance H2 between the pair of diffuser rings 26 and 27 on the exit side is set larger than the height H1 of the blade 21 on the exit side (i.e., rear edge 21 b).
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 and hub-side diffuser ring 27 are arranged to incline away from each other toward the respective distal ends. This allows the flow of the air F0 to more smoothly pass through between the pair of diffuser rings 26 and 27.
  • the centrifugal fan 23 configured as described above, with the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 and hub-side diffuser ring 27, can have significantly higher static efficiency as compared to a centrifugal fan without these diffuser rings.
  • the static efficiency ⁇ in the case with only the hub-side diffuser ring tends to be higher in the range of ⁇ ⁇ about 0.23 of the flow coefficient ⁇ , but not in the range of ⁇ > about 0.23, as indicated by curve II.
  • the static efficiency ⁇ in the case with only the shroud-side diffuser ring tends to be higher in the range of ⁇ > about 0.15 of the flow coefficient ⁇ , but not in the range of ⁇ ⁇ about 0.15, as indicated by curve III.
  • Fig. 9 shows maximum static efficiency (%) of the centrifugal fan 23 of this embodiment (bar I) and maximum static efficiency (%) of a centrifugal fan with two-dimensional blades as an example comparable to the present invention (bar II).
  • a two-dimensional blade referred to herein is a blade that has uniform cross sections orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotating shaft of the centrifugal fan at positions displaced along the axial direction (e.g., blade 121 shown in Fig. 13 and Fig. 14 ).
  • the centrifugal fan 23 of this embodiment has 3D shape blades 21 (so-called 3D blades) as mentioned above, as well as the pair of diffuser rings 26 and 27.
  • 3D blades the connected end 21c on the side of the shroud 19 has the curved part 21d (see Fig. 4 and
  • the hub-side end 21e (see Fig. 6 ) at the rear edge 21b of the blade 21 is positioned more forward in the rotating direction B of the centrifugal fan 23 than the shroud-side end 21 f of the rear edge 21 b.
  • the maximum static efficiency when diffuser rings are provided on both of the shroud side and hub side is improved by 1.9% as compared to the maximum static efficiency when no diffuser rings are provided (see b2 of bar II).
  • Fig. 10A shows the flow velocity distribution near the outlet 28 of the centrifugal fan 23 having the 3D blades (see blade 21 in Fig. 4 to Fig. 6 ) as well as the pair of diffuser rings 26 and 27 of this embodiment.
  • Fig. 10B shows the flow velocity distribution near the outlet 128 of the centrifugal fan 123 having two-dimensional blades 121 and a pair of diffuser rings 126 and 127 as a comparative example.
  • the air blown out from the outlet 128 of the centrifugal fan 123 of the comparative example separates from the shroud 119 and flows obliquely from the shroud 119 side toward the hub 115 side, so that the flow velocity distribution at the outlet 128 is not uniform as compared to the flow velocity distribution at the outlet 28 of the centrifugal fan 23 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 10A .
  • the air flows on the shroud 19 side through the extension recess 29 (see Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 ) that is formed by the curved part 21 d of the blade 21, so that the air hardly separates from the shroud 19.
  • the hub-side end 21e at the rear edge 21b of the blade 21 is positioned more forward in the rotating direction B of the centrifugal fan 23 than the shroud-side end 21f of the rear edge 21b, the air flows along the inclined front surface 21g of the blade 21 (i.e., forward side in the rotating direction B) as indicated by arrow F1 in Fig. 6 , and thus the air can readily flow toward the shroud 19 side.
  • the flow velocity distribution at the outlet 28 is substantially uniform. Namely, the air blown out from the outlet 28 flows not only near the diffuser ring 27 on the hub 15 side, but also near the diffuser ring 26 on the shroud 19 side. Since the flow velocity distribution at the outlet 28 is uniform, kinetic pressure is collected favorably, so that there is a lower ratio of kinetic energy of the air that is not converted to pressure energy, whereby the static efficiency of the centrifugal fan 123 can be improved.
  • the centrifugal fan 23 of this embodiment has improved static efficiency because it has the 3D shape blades 21 as well as the pair of diffuser rings 26 and 27, as compared to the conventional centrifugal fan having two-dimensional blades and a pair of diffuser rings.
  • the indoor unit 31 is configured as follows:
  • the bell mouth 25 of the blower 51 is arranged opposite the shroud 19 on the front side F in the axial direction A.
  • the bell mouth 25 has a curved shape with its outer diameter decreasing toward the rear side R.
  • the heat exchanger 43 has a flat shape with a small thickness.
  • the heat exchanger 43 is arranged to stand upright upward from the dish-like drain pan 45 that extends along the lower end of the heat exchanger, such as to surround the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the heat exchanger 43 has a configuration including, for example, a plurality of fins, and a plurality of pipes extending through these fins, wherein heat is exchanged between a refrigerant flowing inside each pipe and the air around the fins.
  • the drain pan 45 collects water droplets generated in the heat exchanger 43. Collected water is discharged through a water drain passage that is not shown.
  • the air filter 41 has a size large enough to cover the entrance of the bell mouth 25 and is provided between the bell mouth 25 and inlet grill 39 along the inlet grill 39.
  • the air filter 41 catches dust contained in the air sucked into the housing 33 through the inlet grill 39.
  • flow of the air F0 shown in Fig. 1 can be generated inside the indoor unit 31 by driving the fan motor 11 to rotate the centrifugal fan 23 of the blower 51.
  • the room air sucked in through the inlet grill 39 flows through inside the bell mouth 25 of the blower 51 toward the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the air that has reached the centrifugal fan 23 is blown out radially outward of the centrifugal fan 23, and, by exchanging heat with the refrigerant as it passes through the heat exchanger 43 disposed outside the centrifugal fan 23, it is cooled, or heated. After the heat exchange, the air is supplied into the room through the air outlets 37.
  • the blades 21 each have a curved part 21d that is curved to incline toward the side 21c1 on which the air impinges when a connected end 21c connected to an inwardly protruding portion of the shroud 19 moves in the rotating direction B of the centrifugal fan 23, as shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 .
  • the blades 21 are connected to the shroud 19 at an acute angle.
  • the air F0 is allowed to smoothly flow, so that there is less area where flow of the air F0 can be disturbed easily in these portions.
  • a drop in the flow velocity of the air F0 due to a disturbance in the air F0 can be prevented, as well as creation of an area where the air F0 separates from the inner face of the shroud 19 can be prevented.
  • the diffuser effect of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 and hub-side diffuser ring 27 that converts the kinetic energy of the air F0 to pressure, in particular, the diffuser effect of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26, is improved.
  • the hub-side end 21e at the rear edge 21b of the blade 21 is positioned more forward in the rotating direction B than the shroud-side end 21f. Therefore, the air can flow easily toward the shroud 19 side because of the inclination of the blades 21 relative to the axial direction of the centrifugal fan 23, whereby the separation of air on the shroud 19 side can be prevented even more. Also, this makes the air flow uniform along the axial direction A of the centrifugal fan 23. Consequently, the diffuser effect of the hub 15 side and the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 that converts the kinetic energy of the air to pressure, in particular, the diffuser effect of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26, is improved.
  • the outer diameter D2 of the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and the outer diameter D3 of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 are each 1.1 times or more larger than the diameter D1 of the circumscribed circle of the plurality of blades 21. Therefore, the diffuser effect of the hub 15 side and the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 that converts the kinetic energy of the air to pressure can be achieved reliably.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 and hub-side diffuser ring 27 are arranged to incline away from each other toward the respective distal ends in the embodiment described above, the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 may include a portion bent in the axial direction A of the centrifugal fan 23 away from the hub-side diffuser ring 27, and the hub-side diffuser ring 27 may extend in the radial direction R of the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 bends in the axial direction A of the centrifugal fan 23 from the radial outer edge of the shroud 19 such as to be away from the hub-side diffuser ring 27, while the hub-side diffuser ring 27 extends in the radial direction R of the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 is shaped to broaden in the axial direction A of the centrifugal fan 23. Therefore, the air can be made to flow more smoothly between the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and shroud-side diffuser ring 26.
  • the hub-side diffuser ring 27 is not broadened in the axial direction but extends in the radial direction, it can form a plane coplanar with the portion of the hub 15 located inner than the hub-side diffuser ring 27, whereby an increase in the processing cost for the hub 15 can be suppressed.
  • the shroud 19 is conventionally subjected to curved surface machining, so that the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 can be shaped to broaden in the axial direction A without incurring an increase in the processing cost. Therefore, an increase in the processing cost of the entire centrifugal fan 23 can be suppressed.
  • the planar hub 15 such as the one described above is secured to the rotating shaft 13 of the motor 11 with a boss 30, which is a component separate from the hub 15.
  • the boss 30 may be fixed to the hub 15, or not fixed to the hub.
  • the shape of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 is not limited to a particular one in the present invention.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 may further include a linearly extending portion 26a in addition to a curved portion 26b.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 may include a portion 26a linearly extending continuously from an edge of the shroud 19, and a portion 26b extending in a circular arc form radially outward from the linearly extending portion 26a.
  • the linearly extending portion 26a is continuous with the radially outer edge of the shroud 19, and extends linearly in the radial direction.
  • the portion 26b extending in a circular arc form is continuous with the radially outer edge of the linearly extending portion 26a, and bends in a circular arc form away from the hub-side diffuser ring 27 along the radial direction.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 includes a linearly extending portion 26a, so that the air F0 that flows along the inner wall of the shroud 19 can smoothly flow along the linearly extending portion 26a when the air reached the shroud-side diffuser ring 26. Therefore, separation of the air F0 at the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 can be prevented. Moreover, the shroud 19 and the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 are smoothly continuous with each other because of the linearly extending portion 26a. Therefore, the shroud 19 and shroud-side diffuser ring 26 can be made easily from resin.
  • shroud-side diffuser ring 26 shown in Fig. 12 has a portion 26b that extends in a circular arc form
  • the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 may include a portion that is bent linearly in a direction away from the hub-side diffuser ring 27 along the radial direction, instead of the portion 26b that extends in a circular arc form.
  • shroud-side diffuser ring 26 may be formed only by a linearly extending portion 26a, or only by a portion 26b that extends in a circular arc form.
  • the connected end 21c of the blade 21 is orthogonal to the tangential line C of the inner face of the inwardly protruding portion 19b of the shroud 19, but the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the connected end 21c may be connected to the inwardly protruding portion 19b of the shroud 19 at an angle that is not acute, and may be arranged, for example, orthogonal, or at an angle of 90° or more to the tangential line C of the inner face of the portion 19b.
  • the centrifugal fan 23 of this embodiment is characterized to include a hub 15; a plurality of blades 21 arranged along a circumferential direction of the hub 15; and a shroud 19 arranged on an opposite side of the blades 21 from the hub 15, the blades 21 each having a curved part 21 d that is curved to incline toward the side 21c1 on which the air impinges when a connected end 21c connected to an inwardly protruding portion of the shroud 19 moves in a rotating direction of the centrifugal fan 23, the hub 15 having a hub-side diffuser ring 27 that protrudes radially outward of the blades 21, and the shroud 19 having a shroud-side diffuser ring 26 that protrudes radially outward of the blades 21.
  • the blades 21 each have a curved part 21 d that is curved to incline toward the side 21c1 on which the air impinges when a connected end 21c connected to an inwardly protruding portion of the shroud 19 moves in a rotating direction of the centrifugal fan 23, so that there is no portion where the blade 21 is connected to the shroud 19 at an acute angle.
  • the air is allowed to smoothly flow, so that there is less area where the air flow can be disturbed easily in these portions.
  • the hub-side end 21e at the rear edge 21 b of the blade 21 should preferably be positioned more forward in the rotating direction of the centrifugal fan 23 than the shroud-side end 21f of the rear edge 21b.
  • the hub-side end 21e at the rear edge 21b of the blade 21 is positioned more forward in the rotating direction than the shroud-side end 21 f, so that the air can flow easily toward the shroud 19 side because of the inclination of the blades 21 relative to the axial direction of the centrifugal fan 23, whereby the separation of air on the shroud 19 side can be prevented even more.
  • This also makes the air flow uniform in the axial direction of the centrifugal fan 23, as a result of which the diffuser effect of the hub 15 side and the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 that converts the kinetic energy of the air to pressure, in particular, the diffuser effect of the shroud-side diffuser ring 26, is improved.
  • the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 should preferably have outer diameters that are each 1.1 times or more larger than a diameter of a circumscribed circle of the plurality of blades 21.
  • the diffuser effect of the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and shroud-side diffuser ring 26 that converts the kinetic energy of the air to pressure can be achieved reliably.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 should preferably include a portion 26a linearly extending in a radial direction of the centrifugal fan 23 continuously from an edge of the shroud 19.
  • the air that flows along the inner wall of the shroud 19 can smoothly flow along the linearly extending portion 26a when the air reached the shroud-side diffuser ring 26. Therefore, separation of the air at the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 can be prevented.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 should preferably include a portion bent in an axial direction of the centrifugal fan 23 away from the hub-side diffuser ring 27, and the hub-side diffuser ring 27 should preferably extend in a radial direction of the centrifugal fan 23.
  • the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 is formed to broaden in the axial direction of the centrifugal fan 23, so that the air can be made to flow more smoothly between the hub-side diffuser ring 27 and shroud-side diffuser ring 26.
  • the hub-side diffuser ring 27 is not broadened in the axial direction but extends in the radial direction, it can form a plane coplanar with the portion of the hub 15 located inner than the hub-side diffuser ring 27, whereby an increase in the processing cost for the hub 15 can be suppressed.
  • the shroud 19 is conventionally subjected to curved surface machining, so that the shroud-side diffuser ring 26 can be shaped to broaden in the axial direction without incurring an increase in the processing cost. Therefore, an increase in the processing cost of the entire centrifugal fan 23 can be suppressed.

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