Air conditioning systems lecture No.

(3) part two

USEFUL FORMULAS & FAN LAWS

A. USEFUL FORMULAS
𝑸
1- AIR VELOCITY 𝑽 =
𝑨
𝛑
2- NET FREE AREA : 𝑨 =
𝟒(𝑫𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 )

B. BASIC FAN LAWS

Effect of Fan Speed
1- FAN AIR FLOW RATE VARIES DIRECTLY WITH FAN SPEED
RATIO:
𝑸∝𝑵

𝑸𝟏 𝑵𝟏
=
𝑸𝟐 𝑵𝟐

2- FAN PRESSURE VARIES WITH THE SQUARE OF FAN SPEED

RATIO:
𝑷𝑻 ∝ 𝑵𝟐

𝑷𝑻𝟏 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟐
=
𝑷𝑻𝟐 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟐

3- FAN INPUT POWER VARIES WITH CUBE OF FAN SPEED RATIO :

𝑾 ∝ 𝑵𝟑

𝑾𝟏 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟑
=
𝑾𝟐 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟑

Effect of Air Density

1- Air FLOW RATE REMAINS THE SAME WITH A CHANGE IN AIR
DENSITY
2- PRESSURE VARIES IN PROPORTION TO THE AIR DENSITY

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𝑸∝𝝆

𝑷𝑻𝟏 𝝆𝟏
=
𝑷𝑻𝟐 𝝆𝟐

3- FAN INPUT POWER VARIES IN PROPORTION TO THE AIR

DENSITY
𝑾∝𝝆

𝑾𝟏 𝝆𝟏
=
𝑾𝟐 𝝆𝟐

Notes

1- 𝑸 ∝ 𝑵 ∝ 𝑫𝟑

𝑸𝟏 𝑵𝟏 𝑸𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟑
= and = (𝑫𝟐 )𝟑
𝑸𝟐 𝑵𝟐 𝑸𝟐

𝑸𝟏 𝑵𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟑
= = 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑸𝟐 𝑵𝟐 (𝑫𝟐 )𝟑

2- 𝑷𝑻 ∝ 𝑵𝟐 ∝ 𝑫𝟐 ∝ 𝝆

𝑷𝑻𝟏 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟐
=
𝑷𝑻𝟐 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟐

𝑷𝑻𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟐
=
𝑷𝑻𝟐 (𝑫𝟐 )𝟐

𝑷𝑻𝟏 𝝆𝟏
=
𝑷𝑻𝟐 𝝆𝟐

𝑷𝑻𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟐 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟐 𝝆𝟏

= = 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑷𝑻𝟐 (𝑫𝟐 )𝟐 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟐 𝝆𝟐

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3- 𝑾 ∝ 𝝆 ∝ 𝑵𝟑 ∝ 𝑫𝟓

𝑾𝟏 𝝆𝟏
=
𝑾𝟐 𝝆𝟐

𝑾𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟓
=
𝑾𝟐 (𝑫𝟐 )𝟓

𝑾𝟏 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟑
=
𝑾𝟐 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟑

𝑾𝟏 𝝆𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟓 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟑
= = 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑾𝟐 𝝆𝟐 (𝑫𝟐 )𝟓 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟑

4- 𝑷𝑻 = 𝝆 𝑯

𝑯𝟏 (𝑫𝟏 )𝟐 (𝑵𝟏 )𝟐
= = 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑯𝟐 (𝑫𝟐 )𝟐 (𝑵𝟐 )𝟐

𝒘=𝑸 ×𝑷

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