1. Technological description. Applications
1.1 Fans
Fans are gas compression devices that deliver low or moderate overpressure. For example, if the fluid is air, at ambient conditions, the overpressure usually varies from 1,500 to 20,000 Pa.
The maximum is reached with centrifugal machines having impeller peripheral speeds not exceeding 200 m/s.
Axial fans are designed for low overpressure applications.
For the study of this type of equipment, we can consider that the variations in fluid volume as it passes through the machine are relatively negligible; all definition calculations can then be carried out as if it were an incompressible fluid.
The fan construction method is often used for blowers.
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Manufacturers, suppliers
As the list of fan and compressor manufacturers in France and abroad is long and complex, readers may wish to contact the Union syndicale des constructeurs de matériel aéraulique, thermique, thermodynamique et frigorifique (UNICLIMA) ( http://www.uniclima.org ) and the syndicat des constructeurs de compresseurs, turbocompressesseurs...
Standardization
Association française de Normalisation AFNOR (France)
- Mesure de débit des fluides au moyen d'appareils déprimogènes insérés dans les conduites en charge de section circulaire. Partie 1 : principes généraux et exigences générales. - NF EN ISO 5167-1 - 06-2003
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- Lubrification Shaft. Sealing and Control-Oil Systems for Special-Purpose Applications....
Theses
- - http://www.sudoc.abes.fr
- ARNAUD (D.) - Analyse expérimentale des phénomènes instationnaires dans un compresseur multi-étages à forte charge aérodynamique. - École centrale de Lyon 2003.
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