My previous post was a bit facetious. The largest blower I have ever been involved with was an 1800-hp VFD-controlled fan for an icing wind tunnel (with three 750-hp screw compressors for the refrigeration). We didn't get the job, and I'm not sure anyone did.
As a rough guess, I would imagine that 6000hp (~4500kw) is about the largest available blower/fan, but I don't really know. It will be interesting to receive other input on this.
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The under construction Medupi coal fired power station in South Africa has ordered 10.4 MW motors for their ID fans and I am sure these are by no means the biggest around.
Not sure how the OP defines a "blower" though.
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In theory maybe, but Mach 1 for a centrifugal blower would be most unlikely - the stresses at the periphery would be enormous. They are usually pretty low speed machines.
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