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Fans and Blowers Guide Questions

This document contains a guide with questions about the elements of fans and blowers. It asks about the efficiency of different types of fans like backward curved fans versus forward curved fans. It also asks about which fans are suitable for high or low pressure applications, like axial fans being best for large flow and low head applications. The questions cover topics like the efficiency ranges of vane axial, backward curved and aerofoil fans. It also asks about pressure definitions, turn ratios, differences between centrifugal and axial fans, speed versus guide vane control, sizing factors and parameters used to define fans.

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Fans and Blowers Guide Questions

This document contains a guide with questions about the elements of fans and blowers. It asks about the efficiency of different types of fans like backward curved fans versus forward curved fans. It also asks about which fans are suitable for high or low pressure applications, like axial fans being best for large flow and low head applications. The questions cover topics like the efficiency ranges of vane axial, backward curved and aerofoil fans. It also asks about pressure definitions, turn ratios, differences between centrifugal and axial fans, speed versus guide vane control, sizing factors and parameters used to define fans.

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Fluid Machinery

Fans and Blowers


Guide Questions: Elements
1. The efficiency of backward curved fans compared to forward curved fans is____________.
a. Higher
b. Lower
c. Same
d. None
2. Name the fan which is more suitable for high pressure application?
a. Propeller type fans
b. Backward curved fans
c. Tube – axial fans
d. None of the above
3. Axial fans are best suitable for _________ application.
a. Large flow, low head
b. Low flow, high head
c. High head, large flow
d. Low flow, low head
4. The efficiency values of vane axial fans are in the order of:
a. 78 – 85%
b. 60 – 70%
c. 90 – 95%
d. 50 – 60%
5. Backward curved fans have efficiency in the range of:
a. 65 – 70%
b. 75 – 85%
c. 90 – 95%
d. 50 – 60%
6. Typical design efficiency of aerofoil fan handling clean air is:
a. 40 – 50%
b. 80 – 90%
c. 60 – 70%
d. 70 – 80%
7. The pressure along the line of the flow that results from the air flowing through the duct is_______.
a. Static pressure
b. Velocity pressure
c. Total pressure
d. Dynamic pressure
8. The ratio of maximum to minimum flow rate is called __________.
a. Turn – up ratio
b. Turn – down ratio
c. Up – down ratio
d. None
9. Differentiate between centrifugal and axial flow fans.
10. What are the advantages of forward curved fans?
11. Distinguish ‘speed control’ from ‘guide vane control’.
12. What are the main factors considered for the proper sizing of fans?
13. Name the factors that affect the fan performance.
14. The parameter used by ASME to define fans, blowers, and compressors is ________.
a. Fan ratio c. Blade ratio
b. Specific ratio d. Twist factor

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