29/7/2019 AxiTop - Diffusor for axial fans

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AxiTop diffuser for axial fans

Greater efficiency, less noise, reduced exit losses.

In refrigeration and cooling installations, any residual heat created must be expelled to the surrounding air
through heat exchangers. Fans therefore pump cold air through the heat exchanger to improve the heat
dissipation. There is a whole range of options for designing and configuring especially efficient, quiet and
durable fans. A new, passive component, the so-called diffuser, provides for a substantial improvement in
efficiency and noise. Its pressure-boosting effect minimises exit losses and makes it easier to adapt the fan to
commercially available heat exchangers.

Every medium is only able to absorb a certain amount of heat energy for each degree Kelvin. The possible
temperature difference and the amount of heat to be expelled define the cooling air flow required. This air
volume has to be delivered by a fan through the heat exchanger under consideration. Because refrigeration
technology appliances are usually operated with high operating factors, an economical use of the drive energy
input is important, for every additional watt costs money. A suitably configured fan impeller is used to generate a
volume flow of air. Here it is important to avoid stripping and back-flows as these create energy losses and
unwanted noise. This procedure is state of the art which all manufacturers now more or less command.
ebm-papst is going one step further. AxiTop - the diffuser for axial fans - substantially reduces losses
downstream of the impeller outlet.

Knowing how - the airflow through the AxiTop diffuser

To deliver an airflow through a heat exchanger, a sufficient pressure differential is needed to overcome the flow
resistance of the exchanger. Normally, the delivered air flows at high speed from the exit side of the fan and is
dissipated into the environment. Dissipation means that the kinetic energy of the flow is converted into heat that
is no longer technically utilised. The AxiTop diffuser is designed to decelerate the flow, allowing a large
proportion of the dynamic kinetic energy to be converted into static pressure. This reverse-conversion boosts
the pressure increase of the impeller. If all components are aerodynamically optimised, this allows efficiency to
be significantly enhanced, making it possible to reduce the fan speed and thus noise emissions.

The AxiTop diffuser offers more options for adaptation

In practice, the use of the AxiTop diffuser does not just

mean lower energy consumption; it also means greater
variance for the user and for the development engineer.
The AxiTop diffuser configuration can be optimised for
different characteristics, depending on the application
concerned. Either a greater air performance is possible
with unchanged energy input, or unchanged air
performance with lower energy consumption. The AxiTop
diffuser can also greatly improve acoustic characteristics.
This is especially important in noise-sensitive
applications (e.g. in cooling or air conditioning units operating at night).

The scale of possible energy savings - or efficiency

enhancement and noise reduction - that can be achieved
by fitting an optimal diffuser such as the AxiTop on a
conventional heat exchanger is substantial. For example,
exchanging a standard guard grille fan for an axial fan
with support grille, guard grille and AxiTop diffuser makes
savings of up to 27% possible in energy consumption
and at the same time up to 7.2 dB(A) less acoustic
capacity.

Operated at the same operating point, energy

savings of up to 27% and 7.2 dB(A) less noise

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development are possible, depending on the
application. (measured on size 800 mm)

If, on the other hand, the greater efficiency of the fan with
the AxiTop diffuser is utilised, it can provide around 9%
more air flow with comparable power consumption, and
noise emissions are still 4.9 dB(A) lower. These values
can vary according to the operating point and application.
Depending on the individual configuration, the optimised
efficiency can be used either to reduce power input or to
increase air performance.

Operated at maximum speed, the blower output

can be increased by up to 9% and noise
development reduced by up to 4.9 dB(A),
depending on the application. (measured on size
800 mm)

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