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A technical bulletin for engineers, contractors and students in the air movement and control industry.
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Copyright © 2005 Greenheck Fan Corp.
Greenheck Product Application Guide
If a fan is selected to operate at high temperatures, reaches 100˚F. The result is a 2 hp motor can be
the motor must be of sufficient horsepower to specified in lieu of a 3 hp.
handle the increased load at any lower operating
temperature where the air is denser. Assume the air Communicate your corrections.
entering the fan at start up is 70˚F, therefore no
When a specified fan appears on the fan schedule,
correction should be made. The starting bhp
it’s important to determine if the specifier has
remains at 6.76 7.0 14 already made the required corrections for
and a 7 1⁄2 hp
temperature and altitude. Avoid confusion by
motor is 6.0 12
Corrected Design Point specifying at what temperature or altitude (or both)
required.
5.0 10 the static pressure was calculated.
Note: bhp Corrected Fan Curve
4.0 8 For example: 5,000 cfm at 600˚F and 6 in. static
corrections are
Ps
6.76 bhp at 70º
BHP pressure at 600˚F (or 3 in. Ps. at 70˚F).
most com-
3.0 6
monly used Design Point at Standard Air Electronic fan selection programs, such as
for altitude 2.0 4 Greenheck CAPS are excellent tools to solve both
corrections the selection and specifying problems.
3.38 bhp @ 600ºF
(see next 1.0 2
example) or CAPS prompts the user to enter the airstream
0.0 0 temperature, the start up temperature, and the
when the 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
starting and altitude. The fan with the corrected conditions is
CFM x 1000
operating then automatically selected.
Example 1: The fan curve represents the fans operation
temperatures at both the corrected and specified conditions. Curves Using CAPS will also guard against making
are plotted at standard air.
are the same. selections for fan types or models that are not
Example #2: A fan used at 6,000-ft. elevation to appropriate for the condition. This is especially
exhaust 100˚F air from an attic space. A 30 inch roof important for selections at extreme temperatures
fan (GB-300) is required to move 10,400 cfm at that require special considerations for materials,
.25 inch static pressure. motors, bearings, drives and speed derate factors.
2
Volume (CFM): 10,400 Air Density (lb./ft. ): 0.057
Performance Chart for GB-300-20
1. Using the chart the correction factor is 1.32. Operating Conditions
SP (in. WC):
Power (hp.):
FRPM:
0.25
1.82
698
Elevation:
Air Stream Temp (ºF):
6,000
100
Power (hp.)
30 inch roof fan (GB-300), 698 frpm is needed
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0.8 0.8
to produce the required performance.
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Since the horsepower selected refers to standard air 0 2 4 6 8 10 12