2006-08-11 08:38:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Hmmmm.......Function.
2006-08-18 13:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blower displaces air to cool down certain substance !!
Compressor compress the air to occupy the least volume - as a by product air pressure increases and temperature drops.
Water vapour in the atmosphere is condensed and drops of water will be found at the base of compressor tank.
For the above reason, time and again compressor tanks have to be drained to save it from rust.
2006-08-18 23:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by brown_rice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Blower is a Blower and a Compressor is a Compressor.
2006-08-18 14:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by vaibhav_gupte 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Jeffery's answer. And I believe the range is also correct. When the discharge pressure reaches 25 to 30 psig it is a compressor rather than a blower.
A blower could be a fan, regenerative turbine, or a positive displacement rotary lobe blower. Fans run in the range of a few inches water guage, generally 1 psi, turbines and rotary lobe blowers run generally in a range from 5 to 10 psig.
2006-08-11 17:18:49 · answer #4 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought that a blower moves high volumes of air at normal pressure and temperature, where a compressor takes a given volume of air and packs it into a smaller volume and raises the pressure of the air and the temperature also. Compressor output also in normally contained and put into a recieving vesel rather than free-flowed from a blower...
2006-08-11 08:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by worxsigns 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both compressor and blower are fluid handling devices either of rotadynamic type or positive displacement (back pressure) type. There is no clear cut definition, technically, as the fundamental characteristic is same for both.
However, practically blowers can be considered as low pressure compressors.
PS: There are low flowrate blowers and high flowrate compressors as well.
2006-08-11 16:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by absolutezero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blower is just like a huge fan....It has nothing to do with pressure....it just transmits air from 1 place to the other..Where as a compressor 'compresses' or sqeezes any matter(generally air ) thereby increasing the pressure...
2006-08-18 19:01:05 · answer #7 · answered by redeyes_kranti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally blowers move air at realitively low pressures (think of a fan). They can move higher volumes of air for their size (compared to compressors)
Compressors bring air up to higher pressures, typically 30 psi and above.
2006-08-11 08:53:16 · answer #8 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blower is designed to "blow" air at a high rate, while a compressor is designed to push air into a container and "compress" it.
Most blowers can't blow air into containers as they cannot handle the buildup of air pressure, whereas compressors usually can as that is their primary function.
2006-08-11 08:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by Elijah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Blower will transport or move air while a Compressor will increase its pressure.
Often there will be an overlap in these functions.
i.e. transporting air will require an increase in pressure and vice versa.
Good luck
2006-08-18 20:03:46 · answer #10 · answered by Splinter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blower only give high voloume of air with slight pressure rise while compressor raises th pressure of air upto ur requirments
2006-08-11 17:40:53 · answer #11 · answered by technocrate90 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋