FANS & BLOWERS: (solutions & answers to the ff.

questions are found on the next pages)

1. A delivery of 9.5 m3/s of air at 6.35 cm of WG static pressure is required of a fan having a mechanical
efficiency of 65 %. The duct through which the air is 1.5 m 2 and the density of air 1.09 kg/m3.
Determine the air power needed to drive the fan and the static efficiency of the fan.

2. A certain fan delivers 680 m3/min at a static pressure of 2.54 cm WG when operating at a speed of
800 RPM and requires an input power of 6 kW. If in the same installation 850 m3/min are desired,
what will be the required speed, new static pressure and power input needed?

3. A manufacturer rated his fan t 11.25 cm WG static pressure for 170 m 3/min at 21 C air at 1500 RPM,
760 mm HG barometric pressure, 70% static pressure. What will be the new flow, static pressure,
shaft power at 1800 RPM, 95 C and 660 mm HG barometric pressure?

4. A steam generator is to be equipped with an induced draft fan to handle flue gases at 550 F. Coal
with an ash content of 8.5 % is fed to the steam generator at a rate of 9tons/hr. Dry refuse at ash
pit is found to contain 16% unburned coal. The ratio of air used to coal actually burned is 20:1 by
weight; the fan is to develop a total pressure of 4.5 in WG and a fan efficiency of 72%. Consider
density of flue gases at 550 F to be 0.041 lb/ft3, calculate (a) fan capacity in CFM (b) BHP of fan
needed.

5. A fan draws air at 21 C from a long duct (0.37m2) and discharges it into a duct slightly larger. The
maximum average velocity head is 0.508 cm WG, inlet static pressure is 4.826 mm WG, discharge
static pressure is 12.7 cm WG. Barometric reads 686 mm HG. Determine (a) quantity of air flowing,
m3/s (b) air power, kW (c) brake power to drive the fan for mechanical efficiency of 55%.

6. A fan developed 4.6 in WG pressure and 0.85 in WG velocity head when delivering 1200 CFM of air
at 85% static efficiency is about 70% find (a) static air (b) total air (c) shaft or brake power to drive
the fan (d) efficiency of the fan based on total dynamic head.

7. A coal with HHV of 6000 kcal/kg is burned in a pulverized coal fired boiler with 25% excess air at the
rate of 25 metric tons/hr. Ambient conditions are 101.325 kPa, 27 C. The boiler is served by two
equal capacity forced draft fan delivering at 300 mm WG static pressure and fan efficiency of 65 %.
Calculate the capacity of each fan if the capacity is 20% in excess of the maximum requirement and
the kW rating of the driving motor.

8. A fan delivers 4.7 m3/s at a static pressure of 5.08 cm WG when operating at a speed of 400 Rpm
and requires an input power of 2.936 kW. If in the same installation 7.05 m3/s are desired, what
will be the new speed, new static pressure and new power needed (ME Board: April 1995)