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AMCA International January 2009 Chicago, IL. Energy Efficiency Classification for Fans John Cermak, Ph.D., P.Eng ., M.Sc. Executive Vice President ACME Engineering and Manufacturing Corp . Fan Industry. Energy Consumption Challenge. What is Happening?. What is happening. ASHRAE
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AMCA InternationalJanuary 2009Chicago, IL Energy Efficiency Classification for Fans John Cermak, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.Sc. Executive Vice President ACME Engineering and Manufacturing Corp.
Fan Industry Energy Consumption Challenge
What is happening ASHRAE • 90.1 Standard (revision 2010) • TC 5.1 Fans - ad hoc WG 90.1 4
What is happening AMCA International • Mid-year and annual meetings 08 • Fan Committee – SC for AMCA 205 • AMCA Standard 205 “Energy Efficiency Classification for Fans” 5
What is happening ISO/TC 117 Fans • WG 11 Fan Efficiency • DIS 12759 Energy Classification for fans 6
What is happening AMCA International active in ASHRAE ANSI ISO 7
Purpose AMCA International supporting Legislative bodies Regulatorybodies in U.S.A. as well as in other countries 9
Purpose Establishing ways and goals to achieve significant energy savings in usage of fans 10
Purpose Making the application of fans fitting the energy consumption goals without making it difficult 11
Corner Stones Fan energy efficiency based on fan total pressure 13
Corner Stones Tool for regulative bodies 14
Corner Stones Support fan manufacturers’ effort to improve the energy efficiency of their products 15
Corner Stones As much as possible keep one series in one efficiency grade 16
Corner Stones Fan peak total efficiency of a fan series is dependent on fan size 17
Corner Stones Defining areas of responsibility for: Fan manufacturer Motor manufacturer HVAC system designer 18
Fan Total Pressure Why?
Total or Static? Fan creates pressures: dynamic (velocity) and static 20
Total or Static Both pressures are also specific energies a unit of flow exerted into the air by a fan 21
Total or Static? • Fan is a device to create airflow as its primary function • The motion of the air carries dynamic (velocity) energy 22
Total or Static? Fan total pressure is sum of dynamic (velocity) pressure and static pressure 23
Answer For fan selection are needed at least two from the three fan pressures: totalandvelocity staticandvelocity totalandstatic 24
Fan Selection • Matching the pressure drop across the system against fan static pressure does not give the correct flow, fan size and power 29
Fan Energy Efficiency • Fan is a device creating air flow and transferring energy from the motor into the air • Fan Total Pressure is the total energy exerted into air by fan 37
Fan Energy Efficiency Fan energy (total) efficiency Fantotalenergy Energy from motor 43
pTE 44
pTE 45
The characteristic of the fan energy transformation quality is fanpeak total efficiency pTE 46
Fan total efficiency changes along the fan pressure curve significantly pTE 47
pTE At constant tip speed the fan pTE of a fan Series changes with the fan size 49