Centrifugal blowers allow air to enter at the centre of its rotating impeller where a number of

fixed vanes acts as paddles that pushes volumes of air to the outlet. Through a centrifugal action,
air is forced to the impeller and housing where it is discharged as steady steam through the
outlet. This creates negative pressure at the centre hub that sucks in more air.

Unlike centrifugal blowers, regenerative blowers are fashioned in a different manner. It consists
of an impeller that spins within a housing compartment, which contains both an inboard channel
and an outboard channel; thus an alternate name given to it as side channel blowers. The moment
the impeller spins past the intake import, air is drawn in and is trapped between its impeller
blades. As it continues to spin, air is pushed both inward and outward through both of the
channels. This continues until the impeller stops rotating. As a result, regenerative blowers can
act either as a pressure blower or a vacuum blower.