Cooling-tower Fan Airfoils
A family of airfoils for a blade of a cooling-tower fan, is provided wherein the blade has a root region and a tip region, the family of airfoils comprises an airfoil (30) in the root region of the blade having a Reynolds number of 500,000, and an airfoil (20) in the tip region of the blade having a Reynolds number of 1,000,000, and wherein each airfoil is characterized by a maximum lift coefficient that is largely insensitive to roughness effects.
Patents:US 6,899,524 [
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Inventor(s):
James L. Tangler; Dan M. Somers
Type of Offer:
Licensing
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