Side Channel Blower Dual Delivery Wheels Noise Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing side channel blowers for vehicle heaters operate uneconomically and produce high noise levels when delivering high heat output, as power consumption and noise emissions increase disproportionately with motor speed.

Innovation Solution

A side channel blower design featuring two parallel delivery wheels driven by a single motor, allowing for reduced speed and increased volume flow while minimizing power consumption and noise, with a compact design and mirror-symmetrical delivery channels and wheels to enhance efficiency and reduce noise interference.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the speed of rotation of the blower motor is increased to deliver high heat output, then the conveying output of combustion air is improved, but the power consumption and noise emission increase superproportionally

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconveying output of combustion airVSAvoidpower consumption of blower motor
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The single delivery wheel is segmented into two delivery wheels that operate in parallel. Each wheel handles a portion of the total air flow requirement, allowing the system to achieve high conveying output without requiring either wheel to rotate at excessively high speeds, thereby reducing power consumption and noise emission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention transitions from a single-wheel configuration to a dual-wheel configuration arranged axially opposite each other. This dimensional change allows the system to distribute the workload across two wheels, achieving the required volume flow at lower individual wheel speeds and thus reducing overall power consumption and noise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Productivity

If the speed of rotation of the blower motor is increased to deliver high heat output, then the conveying output of combustion air is improved, but the noise emission increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconveying output of combustion airVSAvoidnoise emission
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The noise generation is segmented across two delivery wheels operating in parallel. Each wheel operates at a lower speed, generating less noise individually, and the combined noise output is lower than a single wheel operating at high speed to achieve the same conveying output.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

By arranging two delivery wheels axially opposite each other and driving them from both ends of the motor shaft, the system achieves the required air flow without increasing the rotational speed of individual wheels, thereby reducing noise emission while maintaining high productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Productivity

If a single delivery wheel is used, then the device complexity is low, but the conveying output is limited at acceptable power consumption and noise levels

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconveying outputVSAvoidstructure of delivery wheels
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Two delivery wheels are merged into a single integrated system driven by one blower motor. The motor shaft extends through both housing areas to drive both wheels simultaneously, combining the functionality of two wheels while using a single motor, thus increasing conveying output without proportionally increasing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The single blower motor serves a dual function by driving both delivery wheels through its extended shaft. This multi-functionality allows the system to achieve high conveying output with a single motor unit, avoiding the need for two separate motors and reducing overall device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design achieves high conveying output at lower speeds, reducing power drain and noise emissions, enabling efficient and quiet operation of vehicle heaters with a compact form factor.

Implementation Method 1

a delivery wheel, which covers an axially open delivery channel surrounding the motor shaft and the axis of rotation thereof in a ring-shaped manner

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCentrifugal force: Centrifugal Force

Data Source

PatentUS10184480B2Side channel blower, especially for a vehicle heater
Publication Date: 2019.01.22 EBERSPAECHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYST GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

A side channel blower includes a housing (10) a motor (16) with a motor shaft that rotates about a motor axis. A first blower housing area (30) has a first delivery channel (34) with an inlet (36) and outlet (38) and is open towards a first axial side (32) and surrounds the motor axis. A first delivery wheel (46) covers the first delivery channel (34) and is carried at a first end area (44) of a motor shaft (20). A second blower housing area (52) has a second delivery channel (56) with an inlet (58) and with an outlet (60) and is open towards a second axial side (54) and surrounds the motor axis. A second delivery wheel (68) is located opposite the second axial side (54) and covers the second delivery channel (56) and is carried at a second end area (64) of the motor shaft (20).