The effects of diameter and rotational speed on the aerodynamic performance of low profile miniature radial flow fans

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 261-268

  Grimes, R ^a   Walsh, P ^a   Walsh, E ^a   Egan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ROTATIONAL SPEED;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FANS; FLOW RATE; HEAT SINKS; RADIAL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 37249039938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2007-30185     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. BS 848: Fans for general purposes, Part 1: Methods for testing performance, 1980.
2. Grimes, R., Walsh, E., Kunz, S., Davies, M., Quin, D., 2003, "Scaling the performance of Micro-fans", First International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels.
3. Grimes R., Walsh E, Quin, D., and Davies, M., 2005 "The effect of Geometric Scaling on Aerodynamic Performance", AIAA Journal, Vol.43, No. 11, November 2005.
4. Hanly, K., Grimes, R., Walsh, E., Rodgers, B. and J Punch, J., 2005, "The Effect of Reynolds Number on the Aerodynamic Performance of Micro Radial Flow Fans", presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Conference, HT2005-72514, San Francisco, CA, July.
5. Quin, D., 2006, "Micro Scale Axial Flow Fans", PhD thesis, University of Limerick.
6. Walsh, E., and Grimes, R., 2006, "The Development of an Integrated Fan and Heat Sink Solution for Thermal Management in Low Profile Applications", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006-96055, Limerick, Ireland, June