Fan Handbook: Selection, Application, and Design / Edition 1

by Frank P. Bleier

Overview

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The First Comprehensive Guide To All Aspects of Modern Fan Technology Improve your engineering and technical skills with this comprehensive reference on the design, selection, maintenance, and repair of fans used in a wide range of applications and industries


Here is the first comprehensive guide to all aspects of modern fan technology. The book takes you through the design, selection, maintenance, and repair of fans used in a wide range of applications and industries, including airfoils...centrifugal fans...mixed-flow fans...roof ventilators...cross-flow blowers...regenerative blowers... and more. You'll find information on fan codes, standards, and specificationsÑplus complete details on fan testing, physical laws affecting fan performance, ventilation requirements, and symbols and conversion factors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070059337
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/01/1997
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Frank P. Bleier is a consulting engineer who specializes in the aerodynamic design of air moving equipment. He has done work for more than 130 manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and has designed and tested over 800 fans of various types. Mr. Bleier was formerly director of research and development for the IIg Electric Ventilating Company in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Basics of Staionary and Moving Air.

Airfoils and Single-Thickness Sheet Metal Profiles.

Types of Fans, Terminology, and MechanicalConstruction.

Axial-Flow Fans.

Fan Laws.

System Resistance.

Contrifugal Fans.

Fan Selection, Specific Speed, Examples.

Axial-Centrifugal Fans.

Roof Ventilators.

Ventilation Requirements and Duct Systems.

Agriculatural Ventilation Requirements.

Cross-Flow Blowers.

Flow Coefficient and Pressure Coefficient.

Vortex Blowers.

Various Methods to Drive a Fan.

Fanless Air Movers.

Performance Testing of Fans.

Vacuum Cleaners.

Fan Perforamnce as Shown in Catalogs.

Air Curtains.

Ceiling Fans.

AMCA Standards.

Mechanical Strength.

Trouble Shooting and Problem Solving.

Installation, Safety, and Maintenance.

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive reference on the design, selection, maintenance, and repair of fans used in a wide range of applications and industries, including airfoils, axial flow fans, centrifugal fans, mixed-flow fans, roof ventilators, cross-flow blowers, and regenerative blowers. Topics include fan technology and the basics of fluid mechanics; codes, standards, and specifications relating to the design or selection of specialized fans; testing of fans according to AMCA; physical laws affecting performance; ventilation requirements; and helpful symbols and conversion factors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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