Presentation on Roots blower

Working principle
• The Root's Blower consists 2 triple lobe of rotors and rotate in synchronous and
opposite direction.
• The two rotors are assembled with casing, two side plates and there is no
contact rotation between the casing and two rotors.
• The two rotors rotate in synchronous and opposite and continue to turn and
suction a quantity of gas between the rotating rotors, casing and side plates,
continuous rotation carry the trapped volume around the rotor and casing out
the discharge port

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• The Processes as Follows:
1. Air Suction
2.Air Enclose by rotor and casing
3. Air discharge
Swept Volume
Applications
 Application
• We also use blowers(roots) in pan filtration
area and in silos .
• Depending on the design parameters ,the
capacities, power rating vary for each.
• In pan filtration area blowers are used for
purging so that the product doesn’t stick to
the cloth .
• In silos blowers are used for aeration for
material conveying
 Applications
1.Waste water treatment
Used for water purification at the water treatment plant and stirring of sediment.

2.Composting by fermentation of dung

Used to hasten fermentation by feeding air.

3. Oxygen supply to the farming pool

Used for supplying oxygen to the water in the farming pool of various fish and for
stirring. Also used at the aquarium and fish tanks.

4. Press machinery
Used for removing pressed form material from the mold.
 Applications
5. Electro-plate tank
Blowing air into the tank to circulate the electrolyte and then improve the quality of
electroplate.

6. Medical bath pool

Widely used in hospitals and hotels for healthy bath aeration.

7. Blowing away conveying-belt

Used for small-scale desiccation lines.

8. Paper feeding for printer

Operations are simplified by using discharge air to separate, align and feed the paper.
 Applications
9. Transport of powder & granular material
Used for pneumatic transport of pellet type material such as vinyl chloride and
polyethylene. (Suction method also available)

10. Sandblast
Used as blasting air source of the sandblast.

11. Blowing away after washing

Used for flicking water after washing.

12. Incinerator
Improve combustion and assist elimination of gas.
What is the difference between a Fan
Blower and a Compressor ?
• The main difference is that Blowers are used for
transportation of HIGH VOLUMES at LOW pressures
whereas Compressors are used for LOW VOLUMES
with HIGH pressures

• Therefore Pressure Rise is the main difference

between a FAN , BLOWER and a COMPRESSOR
Compressors
• A Compressor is a machine for raising a gas -
a compressible fluid - to a higher level of
pressure.
Blowers
• A blower is a machine for moving volumes of a
gas with moderate increase of pressure.
Fans
• A fan moves large amounts of gas with low
increase in pressure.
 Types of Blowers
• Centrifugal blowers
• Positive Displacement Blowers(roots )

• Blowers(roots) can achieve much higher pressures

than fans, as high as 1.20 kg/cm2. They are also used
to produce negative pressures for industrial vacuum
systems. The centrifugal blower and the positive
displacement blower are two main types of blower.
 Centrifugal Blower
• Centrifugal blowers look more like centrifugal pumps than fans. The
impeller is typically gear-driven and rotates as fast as 15,000 rpm.
In multi-stage blowers, air is accelerated as it passes through each
impeller. In single-stage blower, air does not take many turns, and
hence it is more efficient.

• Centrifugal blowers typically operate against pressures of 0.35 to

0.70 kg/cm2, but can achieve higher pressures. One characteristic is
that airflow tends to drop drastically as system pressure increases,
which can be a disadvantage in material conveying systems that
depend on a steady air volume. Because of this, they are most often
used in applications that are not prone to clogging.
 Positive Displacement Blower
• Positive displacement blowers have rotors, which
"trap" air and push it through housing.

• These blowers provide a constant volume of air even

if the system pressure varies. They are especially
suitable for applications prone to clogging, since they
can produce enough pressure (typically up to 1.25
kg/cm2) to blow clogged materials free. They turn
much slower than centrifugal blowers (e.g. 3,600
rpm) and are often belt driven to facilitate speed
changes.
Performance Table
1. The air volume shown in the performance table represents a suction volume under
standard suction condition (temp. 20℃, absolute pressure 1.0332 kg/cm2, relative
humidity 65%)
2. Incase an air flow under the normal condition (0℃/1.0332 kg/cm2 abs) is equivalent to
an suction pressure, it can be converted to an air flow under the standard condition by
means of the following formula:

Qs = Qn × 1.0732
Qs: air flow under standard condition (indicated in the performance table) m3/min
Qn: air flow under normal condition m3/min

3. An air flow under the discharge condition can be converted to an air flow under standard
condition
Qs = Qd * ((1.0332 + Pd)/1.0332) * ((273 + ts)/(273+td))
Qd: air flow under discharge condition m3/min
ts: suction temperature ℃
Pd: discharge pressure kg/cm2 (mmAq/10000)
td: discharge temperature ℃
Performance curve
Noise level of Roots blower
Units conversion Table
 Slip
• This term in blowers refers to the leakage flow from discharge
to inlet. Finite clearances must be maintained within the PD
blower for it to continue operating at design efficiency.
• As the blower impellers rotate, carrying the “pockets” of air
from the inlet to the discharge, one side of each impeller is
exposed to discharge pressure while the other side sees inlet
pressure.
• There is a clearance, or leakage path, between the two
impellers and between the impellers and the casing. These
leakage paths, along with the pressure differential, allow a
certain amount of air from the pocket to “slip” back through
from discharge to inlet.
• The ends of the impellers, in close proximity to the head
plates, are further leak paths.
 Roots Blower (CR-125)
Make Cutes Corp ltd
Model CR 125
Power 30 kw
Pressure 0.6 bar(0-1)
Capacity 17.5 m3/min
RPM 1425
Temp 60 c
 Parts List
1. Gear Case
2. Oil Splasher
3. Oil Plug
4. Bearings
5. Bearing Case
6. Labyrinth seal
7. Eye Bolt
8. Rotor
9. Side Cover
10. Oil Cover
11. Seal Case
12. Pulley
13. Shaft Nut
14. Oil Seal
15. Shaft
16. Cylinder
17. Gear
18. Drain Plug
19. Oil Gauge
20. Nut.
 Parts of a blower
• Impeller
• Material: Stainless Steel
• Drive Gear
• Drive gear is one of the most important parts of Root's Blower. Made of Special
Steel and Carbonizing heat treatment for extra strength.
• Bearing
• Bearing of smaller Blower use high strength ball and roller bearing. High capacity,
high strength roller bearing for larger Blower and ball bearing support the gear
end of shaft.
• Packing Ring
• Special non-touched oil cutoff mechanism gland. Oil in gearbox & bearing will not
dip in casing. Sealing with grease seal at shaft port.
• Oil Level Gauge
• Two oil gauge located on gearbox & bearing cap of drive end. Correct indicated oil
level should stay between two red lines (steady). Too much (over max), will cause
unusual oil temperature rising, or too little also.
Material of Construction
Parts weight list
 Model A B C Blower
OS-125 1300 125 350 CR-125

Model A B C Blower
DS-125 1190 125 350 CR-125
 Spare parts
• Bearings(spherical roller )
• Packing ring/seal
• Spur gears
• SPB 265x4g 3020 pulley
• 2 mm oil gasket
• Safety valve
• V belts
 Tools and tackles
• Spanners
• Chisel
• Measuring Calipers
• Mechanical puller
• Feeler gauge
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Splasher
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Gear
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Packing ring/Seal
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Clearance maintained
Lubrication
 Installation and Piping
• Make sure the piping is done as per required design data
,any bends or modification without calculation may lead
to losses in pressure
• Proper space for blower's location in order that
inspection and disassembly go easily.
• When environment is too dirty, please install a inlet filter
and wash it periodically.
• Install a check valve to prevent
air or water flow back to blower
chamber.
• Installation area should have
enough light, no dust indoor.
• Clean any article, dust, impurities in suction &
discharge.
• Place Support pipe when suction and discharge
piping are too long.
• Install safety valve on Vertical piping of discharge
side.
• Install discharge silencer right after safety valve.
 Start-up Checks
Confirm bellows before operation:
• 1. Electric source
a. Check out voltage, frequency and connection line are correct.
• 2. Piping
a. Remove obstacles in the pipe.
b. Pressure raises too high or no pressure, it may be related with piping
method.
• 3. Belt
a. The best belt tension may be measured by a finger push belt into 5-10
mm, a week later, belt may be extend a little, please adjust again.
• 4. Rotating Direction
a. Check out the direction of blower is the same with arrow on belt cover.
• 5. Check the fixation of blower on the base frame and check the rotation
is free by hand
 Start-up Checks
6. Safety valve
a. Set the safety valve release air at the pressure of operating
pressure plus 1.1-1.5.
7. Clean up dust, impurities and cement in blower.
8. Check suction & discharge piping, piping support, cooling
water piping are correct or not if any.
9. Clean up welding slug, material or impurities in pipe.
10. Check lubricant indicated on oil level gauge. In the beginning
of operation, lubricant is easily contaminated by dust. Change
it about one week first time, second time on one month and
then about every three months.
 Start up
• Open control valve totally on discharge side. Under No load,
turn on switch and make sure rotating direction is correct.
• Operating 20 – 30 minutes, check any unusual vibration,
noise, temperature rising. If “Yes”, stop operation
immediately and find out the reason cause problems &
resolve.
• Operation 2 – 3 hours under normal loading, check every
parts again .Normal temperature rising is 10 – 15 deg. C per
0.1 kg/cm2 discharge air on load.
• During operating check and take care of bearing
temperature ,rising of lubricant, current meter indication.
• Check the NRV located on pipeline
 Maintenance
• Prevent rusting, corrosion on impeller and casing when not
operating for a longer period of time. Because rusting and
corrosion will increase gap between impeller and casing, and
effect suction and discharge's pressure difference as well as
temperature rising, capacity slip down.
• Test and adjust gap when above occurred.
• Daily inspection
• Check oil level gauge
• Check bearing cap's temperature rising, it is more convenient to
use surface thermometer.
• Check suction/discharge pressure.
• Check generator loading Amp increasing value or abnormal
conditions.
 Maintenance
• Monthly inspection
• Inspect V-belt tension.
• Quarterly inspection
• Renew lubricant in gearbox.
• Half yearly inspection
• Renew grease & lubricant of drive end bearing cap.
• Piping supporter inspection.
• Yearly inspection
• Packing ring inspection
• Casing interior and impeller inspection
• Check gear.
• Renew lubricant in gearbox.
 Troubleshooting
Fault Reason
1. Filter was blocked
2. Impeller's gap was too big
Less capacity
1. Piping pressure loss
increasing
(discharge pressure)
Generator over load
2. Rotor & cover touched
1. Too much or no lubricant in
gear box.
Over heat 2. Pressure ratio increase
3. Rotor & cover touched
4.Direction/operation of NRV
Resolve
Clean or replace filter
Adjust gap
Clean or replace filter
Adjust pressure difference of
blower inlet/outlet.
Increase gap.
1. Check oil level
2. Adjust suction/discharge
pressure
3. Check touched reason
4. Check opening of NRV
 Troubleshooting
1. Gear/rotor position Adjust position
error
2. Assembly fault Check
Unusual noise Assembly adjustment
3. Over load or bearing
derogated Change bearing
by bad lubrication.
Bearing, gear and 1. Bad lubrication 1.Change lubricant
Shaft damaged 2. Less lubricant 2.Add lubricant
3. Over load 3.Change shaft

Seizure 1.Deposits on the lobes Clean the casing/lobe

or inner wall of casing with petrol or diesel
• Capacity adjustment

• Varying the speed of rotation. This can be achieved via belt

drives or by varying the electric motor supply voltage
frequency .

• Bleeding off of excess capacity via a regulating valve on the

outlet Do not use the safety valve for this purpose because it
will suffer excessive wear.
 DO’s & DO NOT
• Ensure clean and dust free environment
• Set-up suction filter clean
• Make sure belt guard is fixed
• Check the N R V functioning
• Ensure expansion bellows at discharge
• Conditional monitoring of instruments and
lubrication
• Check the rotation of motor before initial start-up
 DO’s & DO NOT
• Do not change or mix the lubricant with the
respected one as this may lead to overheating and
damage to gears due to change in the viscosity .
• Do not run without required level of lubricant
• Do not run the blower without a belt guard
• DO not run the blower without oil/lubricant
• Do not stand too close to the safety valve discharge.
 Safety Measures
• Belt guard is mandatory
• Do not check the outlet pressure by placing any kind of object or
fingers
• Avoid prolonged exposure to the noise produced by the blower, if
suitable protection is not worn. The sound pressure near the blower
could be greater than 85 dB
• Do not hold objects or insert limbs into the blower openings because
the moving rotors could cause serious physical injury
• Before any blower service make sure electrical supply is
disconnected and line clearance must be taken
• Do not touch the external surfaces of the blower because they could
reach temperatures
• Do not stand too close to the safety valve discharge
• Do not use the holes in the flanges to lift the blower
Any Queries ?