WO2015140963A1

WO2015140963A1 - Centrifugal fan

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Publication number: WO2015140963A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/057561
Authority: WO
Inventors: 一輝岡本; 慶二郎山口; 秋吉　雅夫; 誠谷島
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2014-03-19
Filing date: 2014-03-19
Publication date: 2015-09-24
Also published as: JP6138343B2; JPWO2015140963A1

Abstract

A centrifugal fan (90) is provided with: an impeller (20) having a main plate (21) driven and rotated by a motor (30) and multiple blades (22) that are each shaped like a curved rectangular plate and arranged on the periphery of the main plate (21) with spaces therebetween in the circumferential direction to form a cylindrical basket having an opening on the top surface side of the main plate (21); and a scroll casing (10) that has an inlet (12) and an outlet and stores the impeller (20) therein such that the impeller (20) faces the inlet (12). The centrifugal fan (90) is configured so that air is taken in by the rotation of the impeller (20) from the opening on the top surface side of the main plate (21) in the direction of the rotating shaft (31) of the motor (30), and so that air is moved out from the spaces between the blades (22) in the centrifugal direction and blown out from the outlet. A flow regulating plate (23) shaped like a circular ring is attached to the periphery of the impeller (20) parallel to the main plate (21). The flow regulating plate (23) is attached at a height h from the main plate (21) satisfying H/5 ≤ h ≤ H/3, where H represents the height of the impeller (20) from the main plate (21) to the upper ends of the blades (22).

Description

Centrifugal blower

The present invention relates to a centrifugal blower including a scroll casing that is used in a ventilator, an air conditioner, or the like and has a predetermined enlargement ratio.

Since the centrifugal blower blows air sucked in the axial direction in the centrifugal direction, an inertial force acts on the suction flow, and the flow of air blown into the scroll casing through the impeller is directed to the bottom side of the scroll casing. Uneven speed distribution. Part of the air blown into the scroll casing flows along the bottom surface, and then forms a flow that winds up from the main plate side of the impeller toward the blade tip along the inner wall surface of the scroll casing. The flow that winds up in the scroll casing collides with or interferes with the flow blown out from the impeller, increasing the flow turbulence and generating noise.

In addition, the centrifugal blower includes a scroll casing having a predetermined enlargement ratio, collects air blown from the impeller by the scroll casing, and gradually increases the cross-sectional area of the air passage toward the outlet. The pressure is converted into static pressure. The air flowing in the scroll casing is separated into a blower outlet direction and a blower inner direction by a tongue portion that partitions the blower outlet and the air passage inside the blower. The flow separated in the blower inward direction is apt to be disturbed by the collision or interference of the flow because the air passage in the blower suddenly narrows.

Furthermore, in the centrifugal blower, the flow direction in the impeller and the scroll casing changes depending on the use point. For example, since a strong inertia force acts on the suction flow at the use point on the open side where the air volume is large, the flow blown out from the impeller becomes a flow that is inclined toward the main plate as it is closer to the suction port. On the other hand, at the point of use of medium air volume that requires a certain amount of static pressure, the inertial force acting on the suction flow is weakened, and the flow blown out from the impeller becomes a flow relatively parallel to the main plate.

Conventionally, in a centrifugal blower in which a multiblade impeller is housed in a spiral casing, an annular rectifying plate that is flat in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis of the impeller is attached to the inner surface of the multiblade impeller or the casing. A centrifugal blower is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, conventionally, in an impeller of a centrifugal blower provided with a plurality of blades arranged in the circumferential direction with a gap between each other, an airflow discharged from the plurality of blades is applied to an outer peripheral portion of the plurality of blades. An impeller of a centrifugal blower in which a plurality of rectifying elements that are divided in the axial direction to equalize the speed is arranged at small intervals is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).

In the conventional centrifugal blower disclosed in

Patent Documents

1 and 2, a flow straightening plate is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller, and the flow velocity blown out from the impeller is made uniform to reduce the flow disturbance. .

JP-A 61-129499 JP-A-10-306795

As described above, the centrifugal blower provided with the scroll casing has a large inertial force acting on the suction flow at the use point on the open side where the air volume is large, so the flow blown out from the impeller is close to the suction port. The flow is inclined toward the main plate. In the conventional centrifugal blowers disclosed in

Patent Documents

1 and 2, a plurality of rectifying plates are attached to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller, or one is attached to the axial central portion of the impeller, There is a possibility that the flow blown out from the air will be hindered, the noise will increase, and the blowing performance will deteriorate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to obtain a centrifugal fan that reduces noise and improves air blowing performance without impeding the flow blown from the blades.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a peripheral plate on the outer periphery of the main plate so as to form a main plate that is rotationally driven by a motor and a cylindrical ridge that opens on the upper surface side of the main plate. An impeller having a plurality of curved rectangular plate-like blades arranged at intervals in the direction, a scroll having a suction port and a blowout port, and the impeller is housed inside so as to face the suction port A casing, and by the rotation of the impeller, air is sucked in from the opening on the upper surface side of the main plate in the direction of the rotation axis of the motor, the air is sent in a centrifugal direction from between the blades, and blown from the outlet. In the centrifugal blower to be taken out, an annular rectifying plate is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller in parallel with the main plate, and the rectifying plate has a height H from the main plate of the impeller to the upper end of the blade, The height h from the main plate is H Characterized in that it is mounted in the range of 5 ≦ h ≦ H / 3.

According to this invention, by attaching the current plate near the main plate at the outer peripheral portion of the impeller, the flow blown out from the blades is not hindered, and the main plate of the impeller is moved from the main plate of the impeller toward the blade tip along the inner wall surface of the scroll casing. The flow which winds up can be suppressed, noise can be reduced, and ventilation performance can be improved.

FIG. 1 is a top view showing an embodiment of a centrifugal blower according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the impeller according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the impeller according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional centrifugal blower shown as a comparative example. Drawing 7 is a longitudinal section showing modification 1 of the centrifugal blower of an embodiment. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a first modification of the centrifugal blower according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a partial perspective view of an impeller showing Modification 2 of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view of an impeller showing Modification 3 of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment. FIG. 11: is a perspective view of the impeller which shows the modification 4 of the centrifugal blower of embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the height of the rectifying plate attached to the centrifugal blower according to the embodiment and the fan efficiency. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the relationship between the current plate mounting height and the fan efficiency improvement width at the point of use in area A of FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the height of the rectifying plate attached to the centrifugal blower of the embodiment and the specific noise. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the relationship between the current plate mounting height and the specific noise reduction width at the point of use in the region B of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a centrifugal fan according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a top view showing an embodiment of a centrifugal blower according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view of the impeller of the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the impeller of the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a comparative example. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the conventional centrifugal blower shown as.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the centrifugal blower 90 of the first embodiment is provided with a circular suction port 12 formed with a bell mouth 11 on the upper surface, and an outlet 13 and an outlet 13 on the outer periphery. A scroll casing 10 provided with a tongue 14 for partitioning the air passage in the blower, an impeller 20 disposed in the scroll casing 10 opposite to the inlet 12, and attached to the scroll casing 10, And a motor 30 that rotates.

The impeller 20 is attached to the rotary shaft 31 of the motor 30 and is driven to rotate, and the main plate 21 has a lower end fixed to the main plate 21 and a cylindrical ridge that opens on the upper surface side of the main plate 21. And a plurality of curved rectangular plate-like wings 22 fixed at a predetermined mounting angle with a circumferential interval. An annular rectifying plate 23 is attached in parallel to the main plate 21 on the outer periphery of a large number of blades 22 arranged in an annular shape on the outer periphery of the main plate 21 in a top view. A gap is provided between the outer periphery of the current plate 23 and the inner wall surface of the scroll casing 10.

When the motor 30 is driven to rotate the impeller 20, the intake air is sucked from the suction port 12 of the scroll casing 10 as shown by the broken arrow in FIG. The speed and pressure are applied by the blades 22 of the impeller 20, blown in the centrifugal direction from between the blades 22 on the outer periphery of the impeller 20, and flow into the outer peripheral flow path 15 of the scroll casing 10. Then, the kinetic energy is recovered to the static pressure in the outer peripheral flow path 15 and is blown out from the outlet 13.

When the use point of the centrifugal blower 90 is on the large air volume side, that is, on the open side, a strong inertia force acts on the air that has entered. At this time, the flow of the air blown out from the impeller 20 becomes inclined toward the main plate 21 as it is closer to the suction port 12.

In the centrifugal blower 90 of the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the rectifying plate 23 is attached near the main plate 21 of the impeller 20. Since the direction of the air flow in the vicinity of the main plate 21 is close to the horizontal direction, the projected area of the rectifying plate 23 with respect to the air flow is reduced, and the rectifying plate 23 hardly obstructs the flow of air blown from the impeller 20. Become. Further, since the rectifying plate 23 is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller 20, the flow of air blown out from the impeller 20 is rectified, and from the main plate 21 of the impeller 20 along the inner wall surface of the scroll casing 10. The formation of a flow that winds up toward the upper end portion of the blade 22 is suppressed.

Further, since the air sucked from the suction port 12 has inertial force, the flow of air blown from the impeller 20 into the scroll casing 10 becomes high speed on the bottom side of the scroll casing 10, and the main plate 21 of the impeller 20. From the bottom side, the flow that winds from the bottom toward the upper end of the blade 22 is also likely to occur. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rectifying effect is greater by attaching the rectifying plate 23 near the main plate 21 than when the rectifying plate 23 is attached to the central portion in the axial direction of the impeller 20.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the conventional centrifugal blower 100, the rectifying plate 123 is attached to the central portion in the axial direction of the impeller 20. Since the air flow in the vicinity of the central portion in the axial direction of the impeller 20 is inclined toward the main plate 21, the projected area of the rectifying plate 123 with respect to the air flow is increased. Therefore, the rectifying plate 123 obstructs the flow of air blown out from the impeller 20, and the flow is easily disturbed. Further, the flow that winds up from the main plate 21 of the impeller 20 toward the upper end portion of the blades 22 along the inner wall surface of the scroll casing 10 is likely to occur from the bottom side rather than the center portion of the scroll casing 10. Therefore, when the rectifying plate 123 is attached to the central portion of the impeller 20 in the axial direction, the air flow rectifying effect is smaller than when the rectifying plate 123 is attached near the main plate 21.

As described above, the centrifugal blower 90 according to the embodiment does not hinder the flow of air blown from between the blades 22 and the main plate 21 of the impeller 20 along the inner wall surface of the scroll casing 10. Since the flow which winds up toward the upper end part of the wing | blade 22 is suppressed by the baffle plate 23, a noise is reduced and ventilation performance improves.

Next, the effect that can be expected in addition to the noise reduction and the improvement of the air blowing performance of the centrifugal blower 90 by attaching the current plate 23 to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller 20 will be described. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a first modification of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a transverse sectional view showing a first modification of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the main plate 21 of the impeller 20 is generally provided with a plurality of openings 25 for cooling the motor 30. When the opening 25 is provided in the main plate 21, an air flow from the back side of the main plate 21 to the suction port side is generated through the opening 25 due to a pressure difference between the back side and the suction port side of the main plate 21, and the motor 30 is cooled. Is done.

At this time, the flow of air sucked into the impeller 20 from the suction port 12 and the flow of air from the back side of the main plate 21 toward the suction port 12 through the opening 25 collide or interfere with each other, and the impeller 20 There is a risk of disturbing the air flow blown out of the air. In the centrifugal blower 90 of the embodiment, since the rectifying plate 23 is attached near the main plate 21 of the impeller 20, the flow of air blown from the impeller 20 is rectified, and the turbulence of the flow is reduced. The cooling effect of the motor 30 is high.

FIG. 9 is a partial perspective view of an impeller showing Modification 2 of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view of the impeller showing Modification 3 of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the rectifying plate 23 may be provided with a balance piece 26 and a notch 27 for adjusting the rotational balance of the impeller 20. The rectifying plate 23 is the outermost peripheral portion of the impeller 20, and the rotation balance of the impeller 20 can be easily adjusted.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of an impeller showing a modified example 4 of the centrifugal blower of the embodiment. When the rectifying plate 23 is attached near the main plate 21 of the impeller 20, the strength of the upper end portion of the blade 22 is reduced. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, a reinforcing ring 28 may be provided at the upper end portion of the blade 22.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the rectifying plate mounting height and the fan efficiency of the centrifugal blower according to the embodiment, and FIG. 13 is the relationship between the rectifying plate mounting height and the fan efficiency improvement width at the point of use in region A in FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the relationship between the height of the rectifying plate attached to the centrifugal blower of the embodiment and the specific noise, and FIG. 15 is the height of the rectifying plate attached at the point of use in region B of FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship of a specific noise reduction width.

The fan efficiency η was calculated from the following equation (1), and the specific noise Κ was calculated from the following equation (2).

Where P: total pressure [Pa], Q: air flow [m ³ / min], L: shaft output [W], SPL: noise level [dB], g: gravitational acceleration.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, the rectifying plate 23 is connected to the central portion in the axial direction of the impeller 20 (h = H / 2; see FIG. 4), H is the height of the blade 22, and h is the rectifying plate 23. In the centrifugal blower 90 attached to the attachment height), the fan efficiency η and the specific noise Κ are deteriorated on the open side. On the other hand, the centrifugal fan 90 with the rectifying plate 23 attached near the main plate (h = H / 4) has improved fan efficiency η and specific noise Κ. The best mode for carrying out the present invention is the condition that the mounting height h of the rectifying plate 23 is approximately equal to H / 4, and the fan is different from the centrifugal blower 90 having the mounting height h of the rectifying plate 23 of H = H / 2. Efficiency is + 4pt, specific noise is -0.5db, and characteristics are improved.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 15, when the rectifying plate 23 is attached to the central portion in the axial direction of the impeller 20, the rectifying action is weakened, and the effect of improving the fan efficiency η and the specific noise Κ is small. In order to improve the fan efficiency η and the specific noise により by the rectifying plate 23, the mounting height h of the rectifying plate 23 is preferably set to H / 5 ≦ h ≦ H / 3.

As described above, by attaching the rectifying plate 23 near the main plate 21 on the outer peripheral portion of the impeller 20, the flow of air blown out from the impeller 20 is not hindered, and along the inner wall surface of the scroll casing 10. The flow of air that winds up from the main plate 21 of the impeller 20 toward the upper end portion of the blades 22 can be suppressed, and noise reduction and improvement of the blowing performance of the centrifugal blower 90 can be achieved.

In the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a single suction centrifugal fan, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a double suction centrifugal fan. Furthermore, although this invention was applied to the centrifugal blower of ventilation and an air-conditioning apparatus, it can be applied also to the centrifugal blower of other apparatuses.

10 scroll casing, 11 bell mouth, 12 inlet, 13 outlet, 14 tongue, 15 outer peripheral channel, 20 impeller, 21 main plate, 22 wings, 23 rectifier plate, 25 opening, 26 balance piece, 27 notch, 28 Reinforcing ring, 30 motor, 31 rotating shaft, 90 centrifugal blower.

Claims

A main plate that is rotationally driven by a motor, and a plurality of curved rectangular plate-like wings arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the main plate at intervals in the circumferential direction so as to form a cylindrical ridge that opens on the upper surface side of the main plate. An impeller having,
A scroll casing in which the impeller is housed so as to have a suction port and an air outlet, and to face the suction port;
A centrifugal blower that sucks air in the rotational axis direction of the motor from the opening on the upper surface side of the main plate by the rotation of the impeller, sends the air in a centrifugal direction between the blades, and blows out the air from the outlet In
An annular rectifying plate is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller in parallel with the main plate, and the rectifying plate has a height from the main plate with respect to a height H from the main plate of the impeller to the blade upper end. The centrifugal blower is characterized in that the length h is attached within a range of H / 5 ≦ h ≦ H / 3.
The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the rectifying plate is attached to a position where a height h from the main plate is H / 4.
The centrifugal blower according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of openings are provided in a main plate of the impeller.