Provides a detailed overview of fan fundamentals intended to help
system designers understand their performance, selection, application
and control.
Topics include:
- Terminology
- Testing
- Fan performance
curve
- System resistance curve
- Fan surge
- Fan
paralleling
- Types of fans (forward curved, backward inclined,
radial, tubular, axial)
- Fan laws
- Industry
standards (AMCA)
- Inlet and discharge conditions
- Transitions
- Drive and bearing losses
- Fan
modulation devices (scroll volume damper, inlet and discharge
dampers, inlet vanes, speed modulation, blade pitch variation)
- Parallel and series operation
- Draw-thru vs.
blow-thru
- Supply fans in systems
- Return fans
- Motors and controls
- Types of motor starters
- Power transmission
- Sound and vibration control
- Selection
- Specification
- Installation
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Field measurement
methods