Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B (대한기계학회논문집B)

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High-Efficiency Design of a Ventilation Axial-Flow Fan by Using Weighted Average Surrogate Models

가중평균대리모델을 이용한 환기용 축류송풍기의 고효율 최적설계

  • 김재우 (인하대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 김진혁 (인하대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 이찬 (수원대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 김광용 (인하대학교 기계공학부)
  • Received : 2010.08.20
  • Accepted : 2011.06.23
  • Published : 2011.08.01
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Abstract

An optimization procedure for the design of a ventilation axial-flow fan is presented in this paper. Flow analyses of the preliminary fan are performed by solving three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations via a finite-volume solver with the shear-stress transport turbulence model as a turbulence closure. Three variables, the hub-to-tip ratio and the stagger angles at the mid and tip spans, are selected for the optimization. The Latin-hypercube sampling method as a design-of-experiments technique is used to generate twenty-five design points within the design space. and the weighted average surrogate models, WTA1, WTA2, and WTA3, are applied for find optimal designs. The results show that the efficiency is considerably enhanced.

본 연구에서는 환기용 축류송풍기에 대하여 효율을 목적함수로 하는 수치최적설계를 수행하였다. 유동해석은 삼차원 Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) 방정식을 통하여 이뤄졌으며, 난류모델로는 Shear Stress Transport 모델을 사용하였다. 최적설계를 위한 설계변수로는 허브비, 날개의 중간 및 팁 스팬에서의 엇갈림각을 사용하였다. 실험계획법으로 라틴하이퍼큐브 샘플링 방법을 사용하여 설계영역 내에서 25개의 실험점을 추출하였다. 최적설계기법인 가중평균대리모델과 삼차원 RANS 해석을 결합하여 수치최적설계를 수행하였으며, 가중평균대리모델로는 WTA1, WTA2 및 WTA3 모델을 사용하였다. 수치 최적설계에 의해 얻어진 최적형상들의 성능을 기준형상과 비교하였으며, 성능이 가장 좋은 모델에 대하여 기준형상과의 내부유동장 비교 및 분석을 통해 성능이 향상된 원인을 규명하였다.

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