Blower Components
Blower is power consuming machine, where large volumes of gas or air at low pressure are required. According to the “Compressed Air Institute”, it is a machine to compress air or gas by centrifugal force to a final pressure not exceeding 2.4 bar……
A typical fan system consists of a fan, an electric motor, a drive system, ducts or piping, flow control devices, and air conditioning equipment (filters, cooling coils, heat exchangers, etc.). To effectively improve the performance of fan systems, designers and operators must understand how other system components function as well.……
Fans are constructed from many different materials, and like everything else, there are pros and cons to any option. 1) Heavy solid-blade fans may experience extended starting times due to the high inertia load that the motor must accelerate to speed.……
In most fan systems a single fan is selected for the required system design rating. Fans often are combined in series or in parallel as an alternative to using single, large fans. Sometimes it is advantageous to use more than one fan in a system but most often there are compelling reasons to use more than one fan in a single system.……