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Compressible Lab Report

This document describes procedures for drawing performance curves for centrifugal turbo-blowers operating at a constant rotational speed by measuring pressure, temperature, flow rate and calculating head, flow, power and efficiency at different valve positions. Key steps include taking measurements, calculating flow rate, head, power and efficiency, and drawing curves of head versus flow, power versus flow and efficiency versus flow.

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Compressible Lab Report

This document describes procedures for drawing performance curves for centrifugal turbo-blowers operating at a constant rotational speed by measuring pressure, temperature, flow rate and calculating head, flow, power and efficiency at different valve positions. Key steps include taking measurements, calculating flow rate, head, power and efficiency, and drawing curves of head versus flow, power versus flow and efficiency versus flow.

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Introduction:

When selecting a centrifugal Turbo-blower, one should match the performance of the
blower to that needed by the system. To do that, an engineer would refer to a blower
performance curve. A blower performance curve indicates how a blower will perform
regarding blower head and flow. A curve is defined for a specific operating rotational
speed (rpm) and a specific inlet/outlet diameter.

Objectives:
➢ The main objective of this experiment is to know how to draw the
performance for any centrifugal turbo-blowers.
➢ Draw performance curves (H-Q1), (B.P.-Q1) and (η-Q1) of centrifugal blower
operating at constant rotational speed.
AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

Test Apparatus:

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

Test Procedures:
1) Check the electric motor wiring, the measuring devices and make sure that the
gate valve (3) is fully opened.
2) Read the ambient conditions (pressure, p & temperature, T).
3) Switch the electric motor.
4) Measure the blower rotational speed.
5) Read the values of temperature and pressure at blower suction (4).
6) Read the values of temperature and pressure at blower discharge (6).
7) Read the dynamic pressure head of the Pitot-static tube (7).
8) Using the Clamp-meter to measure the input electric current to the electric
motor.
9) Calculate the blower characteristics (Hact, Q1, input brake power B.P. and
overall efficiency ηo)
10) Partially close the valve (3) and then repeat steps 5, 6 & 7 and so on till having
no discharge (fully closed valve).
11) Draw the performance curve at the measured inlet conditions of the air and
blower rotational speed.

Measurements:
1) Measurement of inlet flow velocity in the suction pipe using pitot-static tube at point
(1) in the suction pipe.

2) Measurement of suction and delivery pressures using two pressure gauges (Bourdon
gauge)
3) Measurement of input electric current to the electric motor using clamp meter.
4) Measurement of suction and delivery Temperatures using thermocouples

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

Calculations:
1. Blower Discharge (Volume Flow Rate)
Using pitot-static meter to measure suction velocity (assuming the velocity
distribution is uniform over the cross-sectional area of the suction pipe).
From mass conservation- at Steady Sate, between point (1) at the suction
pipe and point (2) at the discharge pipe, as follows:

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

2. Blower Actual Head


For each data point, calculate the blower actual head by apply the energy
conservation law between point (1) in suction pipe and point (2) in
delivery pipe. Hact = Actual blower head [J/kg]

3. Overall Blower Efficiency

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

Readings:
N [rpm] =
𝐷𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 22.5 𝑐𝑚
𝑝𝑖𝑝𝑒
𝐷𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 = 20 𝑐𝑚
𝑝𝑖𝑝𝑒

Test No. P1 P2 T1 [K] T2 [K] ℎ𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑡 Current, I


[Pa] [Pa] [m] [Amp]
*10^ *10^ 𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑒
3 3
1 70 102.2 290.9 295.7 0.062 15
2 60 102.8 291.3 296.9 0.044 15
3 80 103 292.1 297.6 0.028 15
4 70 103.8 293.6 299.4 0.02 15
5 70 104.2 294.1 300.1 0.015 15
6

Calculations:
Test C1 C2 Q1 To1 To2 po1 po2 Hact 𝒎̇ B.P. 𝜂𝑜
[j/kg] [Kg/s]
No. [m/s] [m/s] [m3/s] [K] [K] [Pa] [Pa] [W] [%]
*10^3 *10^3

1. 38.1 33.5 1.51 291.6 296.3 70.59 101.48 4721.15 1.266 7920 75.5

2. 34.7 26.1 1.38 291.9 297.2 60.43 102.44 5323.85 0.99 7920 66.5

3. 23.9 23.8 0.95 292.4 297.9 80.29 102.64 5524.75 0.9 7920 62.8

4. 21.7 18.7 0.86 293.8 299.6 70.16 103.56 5826.1 0.71 7920 52.2

5. 18.8 16.1 0.74 294.3 300.2 69.75 104.08 5926.55 0.61 7920 45.6

6.
7.
8.

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

Results:
(Hact - Q1) curve

Y-Values
7000

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6

(B.P.- Q1) curve

Y-Values
9000

8000

7000

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Specialized Programs – Spring 2024 Senior 1
- Mechanical Power Engineering

(𝜂𝑜- Q1) curve

Y-Values
80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6

Conclusions:
▪ Increasing the discharge led to an increase in the actual head of the centrifugal
blower.
▪ It is better to design the centrifugal blower with radial blade or backward
curved blade for more stability.
▪ In the design point, efficiency is maximized.

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