I'm thinking we're having a terminology problem here. A "roots blower" in my industry (semiconductor) is a high speed rotary type vacuum pump used in conjunction (usually mounted atop) of a more efficient (lower base pressure) vacuum pump attached to the low side. These are used to create a vacuum in whatever is attached to the high side of the blower. These blowers are meant to speed the evacuation of a large chamber and should not be run stand-alone. They are not meant to be compressors so perhaps our terminology is different.
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Emergency night landings...as you approach the ground, turn on your landing lights. If you like what you see, leave 'em on. If not...turn 'em off.
Touche'. See what happens when you get pigeon holed in an industry and take a name for a generic description? "laughs"
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Emergency night landings...as you approach the ground, turn on your landing lights. If you like what you see, leave 'em on. If not...turn 'em off.
The gold standard for performance tests is the ASME power test code... that may be overkill for what you are doing. Is it a shop test or a field test?
Basic parameters you will need to measure include:
Suction pressure and temp
Discharge pressure and temp
Flow
Gas composition
Pressure and temperature measurments should be made close to the machine. Temp needs to be taken in a thermowell that reads the temp in the main part of the flow.
What is wrong with the original equipment manufacturer's published performance curve?
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