FAN EVASE

A passage of gradually increasing area through which the air discharged by a fan
must pass. The velocity of the air is gradually reduced and much of the kinetic energy is
transformed into equivalent pressure energy.

API STANDARD 673(PRESSURE LIMIT APPLICATION)

API STD 673, 3rd Edition, December 2014 - Centrifugal Fans for Petroleum, Chemical, and
Gas Industry Services

This standard covers the minimum requirements for centrifugal fans for use in petroleum,
chemical, and gas industry services. Fan static pressure rise is limited to differential usually
not exceeding 130 in. (330 cm) of water equivalent air pressure from a single impeller or
each impeller in a two stage fan. This standard does not apply to axial flow, aerial cooler,
cooling tower, and ventilation fans and positive displacement blowers.

This standard covers equipment for both general purpose and special purpose applications.
The purchaser shall determine which classification applies.
CENTRIFUGAL FAN TYPES

STATIC PRESSURE OF FAN

resistance pressure the fan has to blow against to move air in the desired direction.

AXIAL FAN AND CENTRIFUGAL FAN

PROPELLER FANS

BLADE PITCH

 the angle between the propeller blade chord line and the plane of rotation of the propeller.