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Branimir B. Stojiljković

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Marta R. Trninić

AN ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO DUCT OPTIMIZATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL BOILER AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM USING AIRFOILS

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to examine the pressure drop caused by placing an airfoil at different angles of attack in the straight part of the rectangular air duct, as the first step of investigating the possibility of using a staggered cascade of airfoils for gradual deflection of the air-flow in radial elbows of an air supply system used in industrial boilers. The initial problem was approached by using the commercial CFD code based on the finite volume method to numerically simulate a 2-D incompressible turbulent flow and by conducting direct experimental measurements in the wind tunnel. The results of CFD simulations have been compared to experimentally measured data for two considered cases of inlet velocities and five different angles of attack. Numerical solutions show an adequate level of agreement with experimental measurements. The obtained results indicate the possibility of using a staggered cascade of airfoils for gradual deflection of the air-flow.
KEYWORDS
air duct, airflow, airfoil, wind tunnel, CFD, pressure drop
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2021-02-06
PAPER REVISED: 2021-04-15
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2021-04-22
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2021-05-08
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI210206157S
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2022, VOLUME 26, ISSUE Issue 3, PAGES [2103 - 2112]
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