Fans - by Thomas Carolus (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This textbook combines in a unique concept the design and construction of radial and axial fans with the problem of noise generation as well as its mitigation already in the fan development stage. The aim is to describe selected, easily applicable methods of aerodynamic design and noise prediction and to demonstrate their physical principles. Exercises with solutions facilitate understanding. The completely revised and expanded edition now also includes guidance on selecting fans for a given task, simulation-based optimization methods for fan design, and psychoacoustic methods that can be used to measure the quality of fan noise.

This book is a translation of the original German 4^th edition Ventilatoren by Thomas Carolus, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequenthuman revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

From the Back Cover

Fans

In a unique approach, this textbook combines the design and construction of centrifugal and axial fans with the problem of their noise generation and its mitigation. Easily applicable methods of fan selection, aerodynamic fan design, and fan noise prediction are compiled, including most of the underlying physical principles. Other features of this book include introductions to numerical and experimental methods, simulation-based optimization techniques for fan design, and psychoacoustic methods for evaluating fan noise. Numerous practical problems illustrate and reinforce the ideas and concepts.

Content

Fan performance parameters, demand of a plant and fan selection, fan performance characteristics, model laws, flow kinematics, efficiencies - Design methods for centrifugal and axial fans - Mechanisms of fan sound generation, methods for fan sound prediction - Psychoacoustic evaluation of fan noise - Design features of noise reduced fans - Computational fluid dynamics, fan test rigs, simulation-based optimization - Practice problems and solutions.

Target group

Students of mechanical engineering at colleges and universities

Engineers in the industrial fan manufacturing industry, planning engineers for heating, ventilation air conditioning systems and in equipment and plant engineering

Author

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Carolus taught fluid mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Siegen, Germany, with a focus on fluid machinery.

This book is a translation of the original German 4th edition Ventilatoren by Thomas Carolus, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com), but with a subsequent human revision in terms of content. Springer Nature works continuously to further develop tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

About the Author

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Carolus teaches fluid mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Siegen with a focus on fluid mechanics.