FAN RENEWAL AND RETROFITTING PROJECTS
Why is Retrofit Work Performed on Fans?
- Achieving Energy Savings by Increasing Fan Efficiency
- Saving Energy with the Right Operating Point
- To Prevent Vibration, Increase Due to Powder Adhesion
- Reducing Stoppages Due to Dust Sticking
- To prevent rapid wear on the Impeller (Rotor) and Volute
- Eliminating Capacity Inadequacy
- Modernization and renewal of existing fans with low investment cost
- Extending product service life
- Reduction of noise level
- Ensuring increase in production volume
- Reduction of Operating and Maintenance costs
- Ensuring compliance with legal requirements
Stages of Fan Retrofit
Decision for a Complete Fan or Only Rotor Design
To decide whether a new rotor can be designed inside of existing casing
Existing casing evaluated considering new rotor design based on requested capacity values.
If casing condition is in compliance, only rotor gets designed. If not, complete fan offered
New Rotor & Fan Design Stage
Conceptual Design
With ALFER's design correlations interactive fan design software
Aerodynamic Design / CFD / Capacity and Flow Control
Flow of the Inlet Box and fan casing
Flow of the blade passage and casing
Aerodynamic Design / CFD Analysis
Fan CFD Analyses / Velocitydistrubition
Mechanical Design / Stress & Deflection Control
Mechanical Design / Resonance Control
1 mod 29,50 Hz (1770 rpm)
2 mod 39.05 Hz (2343 rpm)
8 mod 22,43 Hz (1345 rpm)
7 mod 20.53 Hz (1231 rpm)
Retrofit Fan Design Example
Low Specific Speed (nq24) Kiln ID Fan
Definition of the Problem ?
- Vibration increase Due to Dust Accumulation
- Downtime every single month
- Loss of Production
- Decreasing lifetime of bearing housing and bearing units
Solution? First Step
- Conducting fan performance test at site and defining existing operation values
- Defining New Operation Point
- Tailor Made Fan Design Considering specific Issue
What are the Precautions in the new design ?
- Total Flow Surface Optimization by designing a star type Back Plate
- Defining a New Operation Point and Flow Optimization
- Changing Impeller Radius and Blade Passage Flow Optimization
- Blade Leading Edge Optimization for Specific Speed
- Design and optimization of the flow velocity distribution in the casing and impeller
- Prevention of Flow separation in casing and airborne dust in casing
- Increasing casing efficiency with Trapozoid shape casings
Aerodynamic Design / CFD Analysis
Mechanical Design/ Stress & Resonance Control
Project-Manufacturing- Assembly
Result?
- Vibration level became extremely low
- Stoppage Time Due to Dust Accumulation is over
- 166 kWh %16 energy saving
Low specific speed/ Serbia Booster Fan Design
Possible Problem Occurrences?
- Low specific speed(Nq24)
- High Dust
- Long blades necessity
Result?
- No vibration due to dust adhesion.
- No dust related stoppage problems.
Raw Mill Filter Fan Rotor Design
Possible Problem Occurrences?
- Impeller for existing casing
- Capacity Increase
Results?
- Desired Capacity provided.
- Targeted efficieny achieved
Raw Mill Filter Fan Design
Possible Problem Occurences ?
- Work on the Beams in the Intermediate Floor
- Low Intermediate Floor Height
- High Efficiency and Small Area
- The Resonance Problem of the Chassis on the Spring
Results?
- Capacity achieved.
- High Efficiency achieved
- No Vibration Problems
- No Resonance Issues
Klinker Cooler Filter Fan Rotor Design
Possible Problem Occurences ?
- Impeller for existing casing
- Requested Efficiency Increase
Results?
- High Efficiency achieved
- No vibration problems.
Kiln ID Fan Rotor Design
Possible Problem Occurrences ?
- Lack of Capacity Increasee
- Lack of Requested Efficiency
Results?
- Inlet Box Revision
- Requested capacity point reached.
- No Vibration Issue
- No Resonance Issue
Cement Ø3380 Kiln ID Fan Rotor
Possible Problem Occurrences?
- Existing conical fan casing shape
- Lack of Required Capacity
- Required High Efficiency
- High Temperature (460 C) durability issues
Results?
- Requested capacity achieved.
- No Vibration issue
- No Resonance Issue
- No mechanical problem from high temperature
Low specific speed (nq30) Kiln ID Fan Design
Possible Problem Occurences ?
- Required High Efficiency
- Different operation Point
- Long blades necessity
- Low specific Speed(Nq30)
- Dust accumulation
Results?
- High Efficiency provided
- No Vibration issue
- No Resonance Issue
- No dust related stoppage problems
Kiln ID Fan Dust Abrasion Analysis
