Fan Handbook : Selection, Application, and Design

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.

The First Comprehensive Guide To All Aspects of Modern Fan Technology Improve your engineering and technical skills with this comprehensive reference on the deisign, selection, maintenance, and repair of fans used in a wide range of applications and industries. You'll find complete coverage of airfoils. . .axial flow fans. . .centrifugal fans. mixed-flow fans. . .roof ventilators. . .cross-flow blowers. . .regenerative blowers. . .and much more. With hundreds of graphs, equation, drawings, charts, and tables, this practical handbook explains fan technology and the basics of fluid mechanics--and provide all the information you need on :

• Codes, Standards, and specifications relating to the design or selection of specialized fans
• Testing of fans according to AMCA
• Physical laws affecting the performance of fans
• Ventilation requirements for fan technology
• Helpful symbols and conversions factors.

Whether you're a mechanical engineer, designer, or technician, the Fan Handbook will give you the expertise to choose the right fan for any system, install it for maximum efficiency, and keep it running in peak condition.

Foreword
Preface
List of Symbols
Conversion Factors

Chapter 1 : Basics of Stationary and Moving Air
Chapter 2 : Airfoils and Single-Thickness Sheet Metal Profiles
Chapter 3 : Types of Fans, Terminology, and Mechanical Construction
Chapter 4 : Axial-Flow Fans
Chapter 5 : Fan Laws
Chapter 6 : System Resistance
Chapter 7 : Centrifugal Fans
Chapter 8 : Fan Selection, Specific Speed, Examples
Chapter 9 : Axial-Centrifugal Fans
Chapter 10 : Roof Ventilators
Chapter 11 : Ventilation Requirements and Duct Systems
Chapter 12 : Agricultural Ventilation Requirements
Chapter 13 : Cross-Flow Blowers
Chapter 14 : Flow Coefficient and Pressure Coefficient
Chapter 15 : Vortex Blowers
Chapter 16 : Various Methods to Drive a Fan
Chapter 17 : Fanless Air Movers
Chapter 18 : Performance Testing of Fans
Chapter 19 : Vacuum Cleaners
Chapter 20 : Fan Performance as Shown in Catalogs
Chapter 21 : Air Curtains
Chapter 22 : Ceiling Fans
Chapter 23 : AMCA Standards
Chapter 24 : Mechanical Strength
Chapter 25 : Trouble Shooting and Problem Solving
Chapter 26 : Installation, Safety, and Maintenance

Index