A computational and experimental evaluation of the performance of a centrifugal fan volute

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-246

  Dilin, P ^a,c   Sakai, T ^b   Wilson, M ^a   Whitfield, A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Fans; Flow visualization; Internal flow; Volutes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RADIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY;

INTERNAL FLOW; RADIAL-FLOW FAN VOLUTES;

FANS;

CENTRIFUGAL FAN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VOLUTE;

EID: 0032406058     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0957650981536763     Document Type: Review

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