A very large blower

R

Robertson Tech

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Hi
This is what I do as part of my job rebuild these
Becker Blower Water Cooled
Ours had no maintenance in 12 years cooling jacket sm.jpg rotor and cooling jacket sm.jpg

It seams like the CFM per HP is better now this is WAY too large to put into my Corvair project but maybe this style of blower could fit in the Dakota
Thoughts has anyone looked at anything other than a centrifugal compressor?
 
I've done a lot of work with positive displacement blowers over the years - mostly Eatons and Whipple/Lysholms. They would be too heavy and large for electric conversion. However, that doesn't mean something else wouldn't work, perhaps even better. I have no idea about those Becker blowers, though. Seem huge and heavy; but who knows - if you've got one you can certainly try it. Part of the reason with going with a centrifugal is that they pair nicely with existing motors and are still relatively small. And running a centrifugal electrically eliminate the only real advantage a positive displacement blower has - low rpm boost.

I can tell you this much - right now, it appears that for every 4kW you put in, an electric centrifugal setup supports 200hp. That's a conservative estimate. If you can beat that, then I'll switch in a heartbeat.
 
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