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General Science / Re: How to calculate fan power - formula?
« on: 05/05/2018 11:00:03 »
The equation P = ½ρAv3 is correct. ρ is the density of air, A the area of the fanduct, and v the exhaust speed.
However this only calculates the power transferred to the air. To calculate the fan speed you need to know its efficiency, which is a complicated and nonlinear function of the blade geometry and v. That said, if you assume 100% transfer at the optimum speed for a given fan, then the swept volume per second is Av and each blade sweeps an area A ω times per second where ω is the rotation speed, so you can calculate ω for a fan with n blades.
However this only calculates the power transferred to the air. To calculate the fan speed you need to know its efficiency, which is a complicated and nonlinear function of the blade geometry and v. That said, if you assume 100% transfer at the optimum speed for a given fan, then the swept volume per second is Av and each blade sweeps an area A ω times per second where ω is the rotation speed, so you can calculate ω for a fan with n blades.
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