GUO Zhen, LIU Zhen tao, FU Jia hong

（Power Machinery & Vehicle Engineering Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China）

Abstract: Aiming at the great differences between the detached cooling system and the traditional axial cooling system in aspects like system arrangement, matching relationships between the fan and radiators, the flow field distribution and so on, the detached cooling test bench was designed. Experimental study on the detached cooling system with different radiators’ installation angle and position was carried out on the new test bench. Dynamic characteristics like flow resistance and air speed distribution were measured by piezometer tubes and impeller anemometers. Relatively uneven coefficient of the air speed distribution and system matching curve were calculated and analyzed. The results indicate that when the radiator installation angle is within 30°, with the angle increasing, radiator flow resistance decreases and air speed distribution on the radiator surface is more uneven. When the position relationships between radiators change from opposed form to vertical form, radiator flow resistance increases and air speed distribution is more uneven. The matching area between the fan and the detached cooling system locates in the area where the fan pressure is low and the air flow is large.

Key words: detached cooling system; installation angle; installation position; flow resistance; flow nonuniformity; matching