Air Flow formulas

CFM = Duct area sq ft x Velocity Standard Air= 70F @ 29.92 HG

(Mercury)

1 cubic foot of standard air = 0.075 pounds 13.3 cubic feet of standard air =
1 pound

FAN LAWS:
Remember RPM is interchangeable for CFM
Note: new is the same as 1 and old is the same as 2

Fan Law #1

old
new
old
new
RPM
RPM
CFM
CFM


Formulas for problem sol ving
CFM new = CFM old X

old
new
RPM
RPM
RPM new = RPM old X

old
new
CFM
CFM


Fan Law #2
2

old
new
CFM
CFM
=
old
new
SP
SP
Or

old
new
CFM
CFM
=
old
new
SP
SP


Formulas for problem sol ving
CFM new = CFM old x
old
new
SP
SP
SP new =
2

old
new
CFM
CFM


Fan Law #3
3

old
new
CFM
CFM
=
old
new
BHP
BHP
or
old
new
CFM
CFM
=
3
old
new
BHP
BHP


Formulas for problem sol ving
CFM new = CFM old X
3
old
new
BHP
BHP
BHP new = BHP old x
3

old
new
CFM
CFM



Volume calculations:

Air Changes Per Hour =
Cubicfeet
CFMx60
CFM = Room Volume x
60
perhour AirChanges


Calculating Outside Air quantities:

OAT =
( ) ( )
OA
RAxRAT MATx
%
% 100
O=Outside A=Air R=Return M=Mixed
T=Temperature

%OA =
( )
( ) OAT RAT
MAT RAT

x 100

MAT =
( ) ( )
100
% % RAxRAT OAxOAT +


RAT =
( ) ( )
RA
OAxOAT MATx
%
% 100



Velocity and Velocity with density correction:

For Standard Air (70F @ 29.92"): For Other Than Standard Air:


V VP = 4005

VP
V
=

4005
2

V
VP
Den
= 10967 .

Den
T
BAR
=
+
0075
530
460 2992
.
.





Airflow stations flow:

o H inches P C CFM
V
2 ) ( =

3
2 ) ( o H inches P
CFM
Cv

=

2
2 ) (

=
Cv
CFM
o H inches P


Air Thermal calculations:

sp.ht =0.24
13.3 cu.ft. =1 lb.
0.075 lbs. =1 cu.ft.
.075 lbs. x 60 min. =4.5 lbs per hour
4.5 x 0.24 =1.08


BTUH M sp ht T = . .

M =Mass Flow Rate in Lbs. per Hour. sp.ht. =Specific Heat in BTU/Lb. per Degree
F.



CFM
BTUH Sensible
T DryBulb
=

( )
. ( ) 108

BTUH CFM T
Den
= 108
0075
.
.

T
BTUH
CFM
=
108 .



BTUH Total CFM h
Den
( ) .
.
= 45
0075
h =Enthalpy in BTU per Lb.
MBH
BTUH
=
1000



Fan calculations:


Static fan efficiency:
FanBHP
CFM SP
SE
=

6356



FanTipSpeedFPM RPM
Circ in
=
.( .)
12

Circ in
Ts FPM
RPM
.( .)
( )
=
12

RPM
Ts FPM
Circ in
=
( )
.( .)
12



( ) ( )
( )
BL C D d
D d
C
= + + +

2 157
4
2
.

FanRPM MotorRPM
d
D
=

MotorRPM FanRPM
D
d
=


BL =Belt Length (in.) C =Distance between shaft centers (in.) D =Fan sheave dia.
(in.)
d =Motor Sheave dia. (in.)

Max. (min.) Fan sheave Dia. =
P stimatedBH ExsistingE
BHP Max
a anSheaveDi ExsistingF
.
3
.


Max. Motor sheave = Existing Motor sheave Dia. X
P stimatedBH ExsistingE
BHP Max.
3


New Motor Sheave size Diameter new = Dia.old x

old
new
RPM
RPM

New Fan Sheave size Diameter new =Dia.old x

new
old
RPM
RPM

































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