Efficient Stator Design for Automotive Engine Cooling Fan Systems

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bakir ◽  
S. Moreau
Keyword(s):  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Fan ◽  
Stator Design ◽  
Radial Equilibrium

This paper deals with stator efficiency improvement meant for automotive engine cooling fan systems. Four stators designed for a Valeo 380 mm rotor were manufactured and tested on a newly designed Valeo-Lemfi test rig. The following points are presented: • Overall performances of the 380 mm rotor. • Overall performances of the 380 mm rotor combined with a short chord stator. Inefficiency of such a design is shown: Slight deflection carried out by the stator is the cause of the slight gain of efficiency. • Overall performances of the 380 mm rotor combined to three long chord stators: this study confirms the gain of efficiency foreseen previously with the simplified radial equilibrium code VENTAX. • Steady velocities measured 33 mm downstream the various stage configurations: These measurements obtained by using a 5-holes probe show high deflection carried out by the long chord stators.

Detailed Study of an Efficient Small Diameter Automotive Engine Cooling Fan System

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Moreau ◽  
F. Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Small Diameter ◽  
Rapid Prototype ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Fan ◽  
Radial Equilibrium

This paper deals with stator efficiency improvement meant for automotive engine cooling fan systems. A new rapid prototype of a long stator designed for a small diameter Valeo rotor (320 mm) has been manufactured and tested on a recently designed Valeo-LEMFI test rig. The following points are presented: • Overall performances of the 320 mm rotor alone. • Overall performances of the 320 mm rotor combined with the new long stator vanes: this study confirms the gain of efficiency foreseen previously with the simplified radial equilibrium code VENTAX. • Steady velocities measured 41 mm downstream of the stage configuration: These measurements obtained by using a 5-hole probe show high deflection carried out by the stators with long chord lengths. Comparisons with preliminary CFD simulations are also shown for both the overall performances and the local velocities.

Application of acoustic analogy to automotive engine-cooling fan noise prediction

AIAA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 1095-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeonghan Lee ◽  
Kyungseok Cho ◽  
Soogab Lee
Keyword(s):  
Noise Prediction ◽  
Acoustic Analogy ◽  
Fan Noise ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Fan

PERFORMANCE OF A WATER PUMP IN AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (10-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Lazim Mohamed Tasuni ◽  
Zulkarnain Abdul Latiff ◽  
Henry Nasution ◽  
Mohd Rozi Mohd Perang ◽  
Hishammudin Mohd Jamil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cooling System ◽  
Maximum Power ◽  
Coolant Temperature ◽  
Electric Pump ◽  
Water Pump ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Engine Operation ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Simulator Test

A cooling system employed in an automobile is to maintain the desired coolant temperature thus ensuring for optimum engine operation. Forced convection obtained by means of a water pump will enhance the cooling effect. Thus it is necessary to understand the system’s pump operation and be able to provide for the ultimate cooling of the engine. The objective of this laboratory investigation is to study the water pump characteristics of an engine cooling system. The crucial water pump parameters are the head, power, and its efficiency. In order to investigate the water pump characteristic a dedicated automotive cooling simulator test rig was designed and developed. All of the data obtained are important towards designing for a more efficient water pump such as electric pump that is independent of the power from the engine. In addition to this fact, the simulator test rig can also be used to investigate for any other parameters and products such as radiator performance and electric pump before installation in the actual engine cooling system. From the experiment conducted to simulate for the performance of a cooling system of a Proton Wira (4G15), the maximum power equals to 37 W which indicates the efficiency of the pump is relatively too low as compared to the typical power consume by the pump from the engine which are about 1 to 2 kW. Whereas the maximum power and efficiency obtained from the simulator test rig simulator is equals to 42 W and 15% respectively.

CFD Based Design for Automotive Engine Cooling Fan Systems

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éric Coggiola ◽  
Bruno Dessale ◽  
Stéphane Moreau ◽  
Robert Broberg ◽  
Farid Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Fan

Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Efficient Automotive Engine Cooling Fan Systems

Volume 1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Moreau ◽  
F. Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Test Facility ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Efficiency Gains ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Fan ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Additional Noise ◽  
Definition Of

Recent studies on automotive engine cooling fan systems carried out in partnership between LEMFI and Valeo have led to the definition of a range of efficient stator designs. It was shown that an adequate rotor-stator coupling could yield significant efficiency gains over the whole range of Valeo fans with diameters ranging from 280 mm to 460 mm. Efficiency gains ranging from 12 percentage points for the 350 mm fan diameter to 2 points for the 460 mm were estimated by using a simplified radial equilibrium design (SRE). These predictions have been verified experimentally by recent designs for various fan system diameters. The present study then describes a newly developed aeroacoustic test facility dedicated to automotive fan systems. The influence of the rotor-stator coupling is then shown by comparing the rotor alone and rotor-stator configurations, not only on the overall performances and velocity fields at the system outlet measured by a 5-hole probe, but also on the noise generated by the fan systems for various flow conditions. At the nominal flow rate, the efficient stators are shown to bring little or no extra noise if the number of stators and the rotor-distance are carefully chosen. At other flow rates, additional noise might be expected.

Application of Acoustic Analogy to Automotive Engine-Cooling Fan Noise Prediction

AIAA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 1095-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeonghan Lee ◽  
Kyungseok Cho ◽  
Soogab Lee
Keyword(s):  
Noise Prediction ◽  
Acoustic Analogy ◽  
Fan Noise ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Cooling Fan

Influence of blade compactness and segmentation strategy on tonal noise prediction of an automotive engine cooling fan

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 782-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tannoury ◽  
S. Khelladi ◽  
B. Demory ◽  
M. Henner ◽  
F. Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Noise Prediction ◽  
Tonal Noise ◽  
Automotive Engine ◽  
Engine Cooling ◽  
Segmentation Strategy ◽  
Cooling Fan
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