TY - GEN
T1 - Development of power-based fan airflow stations
AU - Wang, Gang
AU - Liu, Mingsheng
PY - 2007/12/24
Y1 - 2007/12/24
N2 - Airflow measurements are critical for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system operations, energy conservation and fault detection. A fan-head-based fan airflow station, which determines airflow using measured fan head and speed, has been developed. However, the fan-head-based fan airflow station cannot measure the airflow associated with a flat fan head curve. To solve this problem, a motor-power-based fan airflow station is developed in this paper. The motor-power-based fan airflow station determines fan airflow using motor power and speed. Since both the motor power and speed can be directly obtained from the motor Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), no additional sensors are required for implementing a motor-power-based fan airflow station. A motor-power-based fan airflow station was implemented in a laboratory exhaust system. This paper presents the fundamental theory of the motor power-based fan airflow station and the experiment results.
AB - Airflow measurements are critical for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system operations, energy conservation and fault detection. A fan-head-based fan airflow station, which determines airflow using measured fan head and speed, has been developed. However, the fan-head-based fan airflow station cannot measure the airflow associated with a flat fan head curve. To solve this problem, a motor-power-based fan airflow station is developed in this paper. The motor-power-based fan airflow station determines fan airflow using motor power and speed. Since both the motor power and speed can be directly obtained from the motor Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), no additional sensors are required for implementing a motor-power-based fan airflow station. A motor-power-based fan airflow station was implemented in a laboratory exhaust system. This paper presents the fundamental theory of the motor power-based fan airflow station and the experiment results.
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U2 - 10.1115/ES2007-36100
DO - 10.1115/ES2007-36100
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:37249082534
SN - 0791847977
SN - 9780791847978
T3 - Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007
SP - 693
EP - 700
BT - Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007
T2 - 2007 Energy Sustainability Conference
Y2 - 27 June 2007 through 30 June 2007
ER -