Investigation of aerodynamic schemes of reversible mine fans
The article considers the aerodynamic scheme of the main ventilation fan with high aerodynamic properties in reverse operation mode based on the use of a rotating input guide vanes. The dependences of the setup angles of the blades of the input guide vanes and the rotor, when the fan is switched to the reverse mode, on the required flow coefficients and fan pressure at certain parameters of the profile cascades at a mean radius are revealed. Using the example of the designed aerodynamic schemes, the influence of the swirl of the flow in the guide device, the solidity of the blade cascades of the rotors and the torsion of the blades on the aerodynamic characteristics of the reversible fan operation mode, calculated in the ANSYS CFX, is shown. Obtained fan aerodynamic scheme provides a performance in the reverse mode operation equal to 0.96 of the performance of the direct mode in the same ventilation network.