CFD Simulations for the Selection of an Appropriate Blade Profile for Improving Energy Efficiency in Axial Flow Mine Ventilation Fans | Zendy

Durga Charan Panigrahi | Zendy; Devi Prasad Mishra | Zendy

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CFD Simulations for the Selection of an Appropriate Blade Profile for Improving Energy Efficiency in Axial Flow Mine Ventilation Fans

Author(s) -

Durga Charan Panigrahi,

Devi Prasad Mishra

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of sustainable mining

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.623

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2543-4950

pISSN - 2300-3960

DOI - 10.7424/jsm140104

Subject(s) - airfoil , computational fluid dynamics , ventilation (architecture) , lift (data mining) , engineering , angle of attack , drag , structural engineering , lift to drag ratio , aerodynamics , marine engineering , fluent , mechanical engineering , mechanics , aerospace engineering , computer science , physics , data mining

PurposeThis study focuses on one of the key design aspects of mine ventilation fans, i.e. the selection of an appropriate aerofoil blade profile for the fan blades in order to enhance the energy efficiency of axial flow mine ventilation fans, using CFD simulations.MethodsComputational simulations were performed on six selected typical aerofoil sections using CFD code ANSYS Fluent 6.3.26 at angles of attack varying from 0° to 21° at an interval of 3° and at Reynolds number Re=3×106 , and various aerodynamic parameters, viz. coefficients of lift (Cl) and drag (Cd) as a function of angle of attack (α) were determined to assess the efficiency of the aerofoils.ResultsThe study revealed that the angle of attack has a significant effect on the lift and drag coefficients and stall condition occurred at α values of 12° and 15° in most of the aerofoils. Based on the criterion of higher lift to drag ratio (Cl/Cd), a blade profile was chosen as the most efficient one for mine ventilation fans.Practical implicationsThis study forms a basis for selecting appropriate blade profiles for the axial flow fans used for ventilation in mining industry.Originality/valueThe application of an appropriate aerofoil blade profile will impart energy efficiency to the mine ventilation fans and thereby result in energy saving in mine ventilation

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