What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
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What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor. Can someone please help me
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What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
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RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
[excuse my pun]
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RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
In general use, people tend to draw the line around 2 compression ratios (less than 2 CR is a blower and more is a compressor), but even that is subject to changing from application to application.
People want to pay less money for a blower, but that isn't always possible (something like a Roots Blower is a pricey bit of kit).
People tend to think of a blower as having atmospheric suction but a recent thread on eng-tips.com has pointed out that there are blowers with design suction pressure over 300 psig.
Hope this helps some, there really isn't an ISO committee on gas compression definitions (and if there were that industry would ignore them).
David
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
David
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
However, I would suggest that a blower is a compressor whose final outlet is to atmosphere! A compressor is a blower whose final outlet is - some way - enclosed...!!
Going by the above... I would say that the device which I use to clean my yard of leaves is a blower. Another example of a blower would be the ID/FD fans of a fired heater...
The device which I use to pump air in to my bicycle tires is a compressor. Another example of compressor would be the pipeline compressor that brings natural gas to my home or a gas injection compressor that hides all our carbon sins underground...
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
That definition seems to work (I'd leave out the exclamation points, but that is personal preference).
We have a lot of devices marketed as "blowers" on wellsites to bump the wellhead pressures from near atmospheric pressure to 10-15 psig. They are marketed as blowers, but by your definition they are just another stage of compression. I think I can buy into your definition.
Thanks
David
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
Compressors actually do work as they have built in compression ratios. Some compressors are positive displacement type and some are dynamic type.
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
compressor,blower,fan
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
So, what is a blower? Normally, they are viewed as low or high volume, low pressure rise gas compression machines. Whereas a compressor, is either a low volume or high volume, high pressure rise gas compression machine.
Now if we're dealing in liquids, those are "pumps".
RE: What is the difference beween a Blower & Compressor
There is no definition except the one you adopt personally or in some anal company specification.