EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE AIR FLOW VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION IN FRONT OF THE RADIATOR OF A CAR COOLING SYSTEM
N. V. Kholshev1, D. N. Konovalov2, Yu. E. Glazkov3
Tambov State Technical University, Tambov, Russia
1e-mail: xhb@live.ru
2e-mail: kdn1979dom@mail.ru
3e-mail: glazkov_jura@zmail.ru
Abstract. The growth of environmental and economic requirements for the performance properties of internal combustion engines makes it necessary to constantly improve them. One of the ways to improve the design of engines is to improve the performance of its cooling system, which determines the stability of its thermal regime, on which the engine life and performance indicators directly depend. To increase the efficiency of the cooling system, you can increase the speed of the air flow flowing through the radiator and created by the fan. Flow velocity can be increased by reducing the aerodynamic drag in the air path of the engine cooling system. To do this, you need to know the actual distribution of air flow velocities in front of the radiator at its various points. The purpose of this work was to experimentally determine the air flow rates in front of the radiator at its various points at different values of the supply voltage. In accordance with the developed research methodology, a laboratory installation was developed that allows you to place the radiator assembly with the fan unit and determine the speed of the air flow in front of it with reference to its specific points, measure the speed of rotation of the fan blades and the power consumed by its engine. As a result of experimental studies, approximating response surfaces were constructed that describe the distribution of air flow velocities in front of the radiator at different values of the supply voltage, and the influence of the supply voltage values on the change in the amount of power consumed by the fan motor was established. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained, it was found that a slight decrease in voltage does not reduce the blowing area, but somewhat reduces the air flow rate, which can negatively affect the cooling of the engine itself by the air flow coming out of the fan.
The scientific novelty of this work is the experimentally obtained distributions of the values of the air flow velocity in front of the radiator and the research methodology. The research results can be used to improve the efficiency of the fan installation of the engine cooling system.
The direction of further research is to study the influence of the resistances at the outlet of the radiator fan casing on the distribution pattern and the air flow velocity.
Key words: car radiator, air flow rate, cooling fan, fuel consumption, power consumption.
Cite as: Kholoshev, N. V., Konovalov, D. N., Glazkov, Yu. E. (2021) [Experimental determination of the air flow velocity distribution in front of the radiator of a car cooling system]. Intellekt. Innovatsii. Investitsii [Intellect. Innovations. Investments]. Vol. 3, рр. 81–90. DOI: 10.25198/2077-7175-2021-3-81.
