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All you need to know about fans A Basic Fan/Blower Description Fans can be thought of as low pressure air pumps that utilize power from a motor to output a volumetric flow of air at a given pressure. A propeller converts torque from the motor to increase static pressure across the fan rotor and to increase the kinetic energy of the air particles. The motors are typically permanent split capacitor AC induction motors or brushless DC motors. We shall now look at this system in more detail. Types of Fans and Blowers Air moving devices are generally described as being either a type of fan (Fig. 1a) or a centrifugal blower (Fig. 1b). The main difference between fans and blowers is in their flow and pressure characteristics. Fans deliver air in an overall direction that is parallel to the fan blade axis and can be designed to deliver a high flow rate, but tend to work against low pressure. Blowers tend to deliver air in a direction that is perpendicular to the blower axis at a relatively low flow rate, but against high pressure. Figure 1 (a): A typical fan Figure 1 (b): A typical blower There are several types of fans, some of the most common being propeller, tube axial and vane axial styles. Propeller fans are the simplest type of fan, consisting of only a motor and propeller. One problem with propeller fans is that tip vortices are produced by the pressure differential across the airfoil section. A tube axial fan (the most common type in electronic cooling systems) is similar to a propeller fan, but also has a venturi around the propeller to reduce the vortices. The vane axial fan has vanes that trail behind the propeller in the airflow to straighten the swirling flow created as the air is accelerated. Centrifugal blowers may have a forward curved wheel, a backward curved wheel, or be of the squirrel cage variety. Basic Aerodynamics Fans are of such common use that a basic understanding of the aerodynamics is appropriate. This understanding begins with the recog