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Method for designing a blower wheel scroll cage

US7206724B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 2003
Grant dateApr 17, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/52
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining the shape of a scroll cage for a forward-curved centrifugal blower wheel in a blower housing having a blower cut-off end including determining the blower wheel dimensions, determining the blower wheel clearance, determining the distance from the center of the blower wheel to the discharge point of the scroll cage at the tangential point of the scroll cage and the blower housing, selecting a diffusing angle, calculating a development angle and plotting the scroll cage profile in polar coordinates. The method can include iteratively adjusting the diffusing angle and re-plotting the scroll cage profile and running simulations to determine the optimum profile.

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