A machine that uses external power to give energy to air or gas, compressing its volume and sending it out at a relatively low pressure. The operating principle and structure are basically the same as pumps that handle liquids. Blowers are divided into fans (pressure rise of less than about 10 kilopascals) and blowers (10 to 100 kilopascals) depending on the amount of pressure rise they create. Machines that create a large pressure rise of 100 kilopascals or more are called compressors. Blowers can also be classified based on their operating principle, as with pumps, into turbo and positive displacement types. A multi-blade fan (sirocco fan) is a turbo-type fan that uses an impeller with 36 to 64 short, wide blades. Although it is not very efficient, it is small and quiet, so it is used for ventilation in buildings and ships, and for ventilation of small boilers. A radial fan is a turbo-type fan with blades facing radially. Foreign matter does not adhere to the blades, and the blades are easy to clean and replace, so it is used for pneumatic transportation of pulverized coal, cement, chips, grains, sand, and other powdery materials. Turbo fans and blowers have a structure similar to that of a centrifugal pump, and are highly efficient, so they are widely used as general industrial blowers and exhaust fans. Axial fans are small, lightweight, and can generate a large amount of air, so they are used for tunnel ventilation, and for ventilation of boilers and air-cooled heat exchangers. A roots blower (two-lobe type blower) is a positive displacement fan that uses two cocoon-shaped rotors. The rotors rotate in opposite directions via synchronous gears to transfer a certain volume of gas trapped between the casing and the rotors to the discharge side. It is used for pumping air and light gases and for vacuum applications, and because it can adapt to fluctuations in rotation speed, it is used for supercharging and exhaust of diesel engines. [Shigeru Ikeo] [Reference item] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
外部から動力を供給し、空気またはガスにエネルギーを与えてその体積を圧縮し、比較的低圧で送り出す機械。作動原理や構造は、基本的には液体を扱うポンプと同じである。送風機は圧力上昇の大きさによってファンfan(圧力上昇が約10キロパスカル未満)とブロワーblower(10~100キロパスカル)とに分けられる。なお、圧力上昇が大きく、100キロパスカル以上になる機械を圧縮機という。また、作動原理によって送風機を分類すれば、ポンプの場合と同様に、ターボ型と容積型とに分けられる。 多翼ファン(シロッコファン)は、短くて幅の広い36~64枚の羽根をもつ羽根車を用いたターボ型ファンで、効率は高くないが、小型かつ低騒音なので、建物や船舶の換気用、小型ボイラーの通風用などに用いられる。ラジアルファンは、半径方向を向いた羽根をもつターボ型ファンで、羽根への異物の付着が少なく、羽根の掃除や交換が容易なため、微粉炭、セメント、チップ、穀物、砂その他粉状物質の空気輸送に用いられる。ターボファンおよびブロワーは、渦巻ポンプと類似の構造をもち、高い効率が得られるので、一般産業用の送風機、排風機として広く用いられている。軸流ファンは、小型軽量で大風量が得られるため、トンネル換気用、ボイラーや空冷熱交換器の通風用などに用いられる。 ルーツブロワーroots blower(二葉形ブロワー)は、繭形をした2個のローターを使った容積型ファンで、ローターを同期歯車を介して互いに反対方向に回転させることにより、ケーシングとローターの間に閉じ込められた一定体積の気体を吐出し側に移送する。空気や比重の軽いガスの圧送や真空用に用いられ、回転数の変動に順応するのでディーゼル機関の過給や排気に用いられている。 [池尾 茂] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
<<: Amplifier - ZOFUKUKI (English spelling) amplifier
>>: Tale of the Foot Soldier - Elephant Tale
An antibiotic that is effective against gram-posit...
…They were exempt from the cost of travel, but we...
(1) A folk performing art. Also written as "H...
...Furthermore, even if fares that appear to be i...
A lenticular, harmonic intrusive body that intrude...
A shamisen played in Gidayu style. [Yoshihiro Kur...
A group of atoms that is thought to be necessary ...
During the Heian period, various clans establishe...
This memorandum-style work was written by Shunjobo...
In a bicameral parliament, this principle guarante...
This is a Soto sect temple in Izu City, Shizuoka ...
…Influenced by Charles Beard and J. H. Robinson, ...
The original text of Greek astronomy. It was writ...
It is an animal of the order Artiodactyla, family...
Also known as liquid oxygen explosive. An explosiv...