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Air Flow Formulas: Fan Laws
Air Flow Formulas: Fan Laws
Air Flow Formulas: Fan Laws
old
new
old
new
RPM
RPM
CFM
CFM
Formulas for problem sol ving
CFM new = CFM old X
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new
RPM
RPM
RPM new = RPM old X
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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
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CFM
CFM
=
3
old
new
BHP
BHP
Formulas for problem sol ving
CFM new = CFM old X
3
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new
BHP
BHP
BHP new = BHP old x
3
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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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