Some interesting air flow measurements
Some of you may stumble across this web page on air flow measurements using a 1HP DC
The air flows reported on this page are shown below
http://www.eurobodallawoodies.org.au...Extraction.gif
These results are typical of those performed with an air speed meter where only one measurement is taken in the middle of the end of a duct. This is also what DC manufacturers do which leads to ver estimation of the capacity of the blower.
This neglects
a) the effect of friction at the walls of the pipe where the air speed is much lower.
b) that air flow paths at the ends of a pipe are not the same as what is going on inside the pipe. To get an accurate results the measurements MUST be performed with a small probe inside a straight length of pipe, across the cross section of the pipe and then the results correctly mathematically integrated.
c) related to a) how close to the bends and junctions the measurements taken. If the measurements are taken too close to junctions then turbulence can lead to measurements all over the place.
As a result the reported results for the straight lengths of pipe are over estimated by at least 20%.
For junctions etc the results could be even further out.
In relative terms the results are probably correct for the straight lengths of pipe/duct, but deduct at least 20% for a more accurate result
Thanks rusel for the link.