Aim:- To determine the performance of Air blower.

Apparatus required
1. Air blower test rig
2. Stop Watch
3. Thermometer
Procedure
1.
2.
3.
4.
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6.

Check the connections of air blower.

Ensure blower at exit should be open.
Start the blower.
Set half opening at exit of blower.
Wait Study flow of air at blower.
Take orifice meter reading of actual pressure pitot. Take at inlet and out let room
temperature and energy meter reading for 10 flash.
7. Repeat the above Procedure at and full opening for air exit and note down the readings.
8. Note down all reading and calculate and note down in tabular Column.
Information
1. Manometer reading ascending h1 = mtr of water
2. Manometer reading Descending h2 = mtr of water
3. Water head hw = (h1- h2) mtr of water
4. Density of air at NTP

at RTP

at NTP = 1.293kg/ m3
at NTP 273
273 t

5. t = Room temp in 0c

6. Area of orifice -

d 2

m2
4

2 gHa
m3/sec

7. Actual discharge Qa = CdxA

8. Orifice reading Ha

h1 h 2

1000

w
a

Q g Ha

1000

9. Output Power

10. Input Power

a at RTP

n 3600 motor
N T

11. Efficiency of Blower

OP
100
IP

Observation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

n =
N =
motor =
T =

No of Revolution
Energy meter constant 200 Rev/Kw- hr.
Motor Efficiency = 0.8
Time taken for no of revolution in sec

= Density of air at room tempr in Kg/m3 RTP

= Density of water in Kg/m3 = 1000 Kg/m2

Sample Calculation
Full Opening
hw

(1)

h 1 h 2 31.5 19.5

0.12 mtr
100
100

Head of air ha

(2)

hw

a at NTP

0.12 1000
92.80 mtr
1.293

Actual Discharge Qact 0.62 5.521 10 3 2 9.81 92.86

(3)

= 0.146 m3/sec

Ha

h1 h 2

100

a atRTP

31.5 19.5 1000

102.73 mtr
100
1.168