NATE AIR DISTRIBUTION CORE QUESTIONS
A fan - Answers- creates currents of air
motor driven centrifugal fan that delivers air to conditioned space under pressure -
Answers- blower
2 types of fans - Answers- 1 . Axial - fan axis parallel to air flow
2. Centrifugal - fan axis perpendicular to airflow
fans are classified in according to - Answers- direction of airflow
3 types of axial fans - Answers- propeller, tub axial, vane vial
3 common categories of centrifugal fans - Answers- radial, backward curved, forward
curved
Name the 4 of the variable the fan law uses to predict performance - Answers- RPM,
CFM, STATIC, DENSITY
efficiency of a fan - Answers- power output / power input
furnace cfm - Answers- btu output
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1.1 x temp rise
wheel arrangement for forward curved centrifugal fans with wheel diameter 7" or less -
Answers- direct drive
wheel arrangement for forward curved centrifugal fans with wheel diameter 12" or more
- Answers- belt drive
how to change speed of belt driven fan - Answers- change belt pully
max torque a motor can develop without an abrupt drop in speed - Answers- locked
rotor torque
difference between actual speed and synchronous speed of motor - Answers- slip
effects of belts that are to tight - Answers- shortened bearing life, wasted power, noise
low velocity system operate less than - Answers- 2000 fpm
purpose of register - Answers- control velocity, flowrate and direction of airstream
A fan - Answers- creates currents of air
motor driven centrifugal fan that delivers air to conditioned space under pressure -
Answers- blower
2 types of fans - Answers- 1 . Axial - fan axis parallel to air flow
2. Centrifugal - fan axis perpendicular to airflow
fans are classified in according to - Answers- direction of airflow
3 types of axial fans - Answers- propeller, tub axial, vane vial
3 common categories of centrifugal fans - Answers- radial, backward curved, forward
curved
Name the 4 of the variable the fan law uses to predict performance - Answers- RPM,
CFM, STATIC, DENSITY
efficiency of a fan - Answers- power output / power input
furnace cfm - Answers- btu output
-------------
1.1 x temp rise
wheel arrangement for forward curved centrifugal fans with wheel diameter 7" or less -
Answers- direct drive
wheel arrangement for forward curved centrifugal fans with wheel diameter 12" or more
- Answers- belt drive
how to change speed of belt driven fan - Answers- change belt pully
max torque a motor can develop without an abrupt drop in speed - Answers- locked
rotor torque
difference between actual speed and synchronous speed of motor - Answers- slip
effects of belts that are to tight - Answers- shortened bearing life, wasted power, noise
low velocity system operate less than - Answers- 2000 fpm
purpose of register - Answers- control velocity, flowrate and direction of airstream