Reverse modeling and CFD simulation of vortex blower used in fuel cell cars

Author

Qiang, Kang ; Shuguang, Zuo ; Hu, Su

Author_Institution

Sch. of Automobile, Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 April 2011

Firstpage

4383

Lastpage

4387

Abstract

One application of vortex blowers is to provide compressed air for fuel cell stack in fuel cell cars developed by Tongji University. However, it produces too much noise; therefore, it needs to analyze its flow field to study the mechanism of noise generation. In this article a complete CAD model of the vortex blower was first established by means of reverse engineering and its basic geometric parameters of the flow channel was obtained. Then the CAD model was processed and a suitable flow field mesh model for CFD simulation was established. By setting reasonable boundary conditions, the flow distribution and pressure fluctuations in the channel were obtained and the harmonic frequencies of noise were analyzed.

Keywords

CAD; automobiles; channel flow; compressed air systems; compressible flow; computational fluid dynamics; fuel cell vehicles; mechanical engineering computing; mesh generation; reverse engineering; solid modelling; vortices; CAD model; CFD simulation; boundary condition; compressed air; flow channel; flow field mesh model; fuel cell car; fuel cell stack; harmonic noise frequency; noise generation; pressure fluctuation; reverse engineering; reverse modeling; vortex blower; Blades; Equations; Fuel cells; Impellers; Mathematical model; Noise; Solid modeling; CFD simulation; Fuel cell car; Reverse modeling; Vortex blower;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

XianNing

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-458-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CECNET.2011.5768722

Filename

5768722