Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e. – impellers) – Rotor having flow confining or deflecting web – shroud or... – Radially extending web or end plate
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-10
2002-01-22
Look, Edward K. (Department: 3745)
Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
Rotor having flow confining or deflecting web, shroud or...
Radially extending web or end plate
C416S22300B
Reexamination Certificate
active
06340291
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an impeller, particularly a high pressure impeller, for radial blowers or fans.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the air pollution control field measuring instruments are used for determining the bacterial content of the air. In the impaction method the air is accelerated in a slot-like cross-section to speeds of 10 to 70 m/sec.
The volume flows are 28 to 100 l/min. The pressure differences required are 200 to 5000 Pa. The necessary blower capacity or power is 1 to 9 Watt.
The filtration method is also used in determining the bacterial content of the air. Air is sucked through filters and the bacteria or germs are deposited on the filter.
The volume flows are 3.5 to 150 l/min and the necessary pressure differences 300 to 800 Pa. The necessary blower capacity is 1 to 20 Watt.
In the work protection field dust meters and protective clothing with filtered respiratory air are used. In this field the blower power or capacity levels are also in the aforementioned range.
In surgery use is made of ventilated respiratory air protective hoods with the aforementioned blower power levels.
For the treatment of sleep-related breathing problems and with respect to life-preserving measures (artificial breathing) equipment is required in the medical sector, which also needs the above blower power levels.
Extensive market research has shown that small blowers with the above-described power requirements are not available. Thus, working takes place in practice with greatly overdimensioned radial blowers (power consumption up to 350 Watt) or also vacuum pumps (power consumption up to 500 Watt). Under these conditions it is not possible to achieve a desired, mains-independent operation (accumulator or battery).
A known radial blower which at least comes close to the requisite power is described hereinafter. The direct current motor used for this blower has the same data as that used in the invention. The sole difference is that it cannot be so highly loaded. Up to a voltage of 13.2 V the delivered power and speed of both motors are the same.
The problem of the invention is to improve the aforementioned impeller in such a way that it has a considerable power increase and can in particular be used as a high pressure impeller for small volume flows with a significant efficiency improvement.
A further object of the invention is, as a result of this power increase, to bring about a miniaturization and a linked weight reduction in the case of radial compressors, so that new fields of application are rendered accessible to them.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention this problem is solved by the impeller characterized in claim
1
. Tests have surprisingly revealed that the blade entry or contact angle pl should be min. 40° and max. 80°.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Measurements took place with the impeller (
FIGS. 1 and 2
) according to claims
1
and
2
in the casing with a guide spiral.
FIG. 3
shows the complete radial blower of the claimed invention.
Drive motor: rated voltage 9 V, idling speed 10,000 r.p.m., type capacity 20 Watt, torque constant 7.97 mNm/Amp and max. efficiency 77.1%.
FIGS. 4
,
5
,
6
,
7
and
8
show the pressure difference as a function of the volume flow, the motor power consumption and the efficiency of the overall system of the radial compressor according the present invention.
In the graph of
FIG. 4
are given the pressure difference as a function of the volume flow (line of equal enthalpy), the motor power consumption and the efficiency of the overall system (blower power/motor input).
The efficiency of the radial compressor was determined from the calculated values of the motor delivery power (with the parameters of the operating point of the maximum efficiency of the complete system) (blower power/motor delivery capacity).
First measurement at a constant voltage of 9 V.
Maximum efficiency of the overall system 38% at 1100 Pa and 118 l/min. Blower efficiency 54% at 1100 Pa and 118 /min.
Second measurement at a constant voltage of 12 V (radial blower, as above) cf. graph of FIG.
5
.
Maximum efficiency of the overall system 38% at 2150 Pa and 128 l/min. Blower efficiency 53% at 2150 Pa and 128 l/min.
Third measurement at a constant voltage of 13.2 V (radial blower, as above), cf. graph of FIG.
6
.
Maximum efficiency of the overall system 38% at 2800 Pa and 125 l/min. Blower efficiency 52% at 2800 Pa and 125 l/min.
Fourth measurement at a constant voltage of 15 V (radial blower, as above), cf. graph of FIG.
7
.
FIG. 9
show the impeller having a diameter of 26 mm according to the present invention.
FIG. 10
show the blade channel cross-section A
k
as a function of the channel length L according to the present invention.
Maximum efficiency of the overall system 41% at 3650 Pa and 141 l/min. Blower efficiency 55.7% at 3650 Pa and 141 l/min.
Fifth measurement at a constant voltage of 18 V (radial blower, as above), cf. graph of FIG.
8
.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Maximum efficiency of the overall system 40% at 5460 Pa and 150 l/min. Blower efficiency 50.5% at 5460 Pa and 150 l/min.
In particular as a result of the special impeller construction according to claims
1
and
2
, with a blade entry angle &bgr;
1
=70.7° (so that the entry opening of the blade channel is directed towards the impeller centre) and a blade channel of the form shown in
FIG. 3
, a very high efficiency was obtained in a surprising and unforeseeable manner.
In all five measured operating ranges the blower efficiency is between 50.5 and 55.7%.
A comparison with the prior art radial blower U97EM-12KK-3 12VDC of Micronel AG with the measurements according to the invention at 12 and 13.2 V reveals in the range 50 to 100 l/min a three times higher blower power according to the invention for the same motor voltage.
Tests with blade entry angles &bgr;
1
<40° (the values calculated according to “Pfleiderer, C: Die Kreiselpumpen für Flüssigkeiten und Gase, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Göttingen, Heidelberg, 1961, pp 1-23, 91-248 and 352-393” for the five measured operating ranges of the blade entry angle were between 36 and 37°) gave a 50% reduction of the pumping capacity. The impellers were operated with angles smaller than 40° in the same casing.
Tests with a blade channel cross-section which continuously increased up to the end of the circumferential edge (as in Bohl, Willi: Strömungs-maschinen, Vogel (Vogel-Fachbuch) (Kamprath-Reihe), 2nd calculation and design—5th edition, 1995) also led to a deterioration of the blower capacity.
Tests revealed that the impeller designed according to claim
1
and/or
2
is the main reason for the considerable power increase whilst simultaneously increasing the efficiency.
The high efficiency is all the more surprising, because the aforementioned literature states the contrary. The most important magnitudes and quantities given are the specific speed n
q
and blower size, expressed in volume flow. For radial impellers the specific speed n
q
should be between 10 and 80 min
−1
.
In the five tests with the impeller designed according to the invention the n
q
values were 9.1 to 9.9 min
−1
and consequently do not even reach the lower limit.
The volume flow in the blower is so small that it is not even represented in the literature mentioned (FIG. 1.31 on p 35). It is assumed that a blower with such a size has such a poor efficiency that it is no longer relevant. However, the inventor has found that this is not the case.
Since here a small blower with good efficiency is desired, it was merely necessary to increase the specific speed. A doubling of the motor speed would increase the n
q
value to 20 min
−1
, which enables the reverse conclusion to be drawn that the blower impeller design according to the invention leads to the fact that with even relatively low speeds, compared with the impeller diameter, good results can be obtained.
Consideration of the static pressure (volume flow=0) or, measured at the suction side,
Look Edward K.
McAleenan James M
Roberts & Mercanti LLP
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