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HowtofindouthowmanyCFMyourcompressordelivers
Posted:June6,2012inUncategorized
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Themostused,mostneededandmostvaluableCompressedAirFormulas
Doyouhaveaccesstothemostused,mostneededandmostvaluableCompressedAirFormulas?Heres
oneofthemostusedformulasyoushouldkeeponhand
HowtondhowmanyCFMyouraircompressordelivers.
Followthesestepstondouthowmany
CFMYourAirCompressoractuallydelivers
1.STOPthecompressorunit
2.CLOSEtheoutletvalveonthetank/airreceiver
3.DRAINthecondensatefromairreceiveruntilthereis0PSIGthenclosethedrainvalve
4.NOTETHETIMEinminutes&seconds(Besttowriteitdown.)ThenSTARTTHEUNIT.
WhenthecompressorunitstopsandunloadsthenNOTETHETIMEagaininminutes&seconds.
ConverttheminutesintosecondsandthentotalthenumberofsecondsittakesbetweenSTARTand
STOP/UNLOAD.
5.NOTEtheGUAGEPSIGreading
6.NOTEtheAirReceiver/TankGALLONSIZE
7.USETHISFORMULA:
TANKGALLONSx.536*xPSIGdividedbySECONDS
*.536isaformulafactorfortheunknownthatworkstogiveyoutheCFMdelivery.
EXAMPLE:
Youhavean80gallontank,yourtotalstarttostop/unloadtimewas3minutesand9seconds.
Changetheminutestosecondstimed(60x3=180secondsplus9secondstotals189).Youwillusethe
totalnumberofseconds189andthenoted175PSIGwithintheformulaasshownbelow:
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80multipliedby.536=42.88

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80multipliedby.536=42.88
42.88multipliedby175(examplePSIG)=7504.00
7504.00dividedby189(totalseconds)=39.71CFMdelivered
Younowknowthatyouraircompressorisdelivering39.71CFM
YourResponsetothisevaluationshouldbetocomparethisnumberwithwhatyouraircompressormanufacturer
saysyourCFMshouldbeandevaluatehowecientlyyourcompressorisrunning.

CompressorTermsyoushouldknow:
CubicFeetPerMinute(cfm)Volumetricairowrate.
psigmeanspoundspersquareinch,GAGEpressure.Gagepressureistheabsolutepressureof
something,withtheatmosphericpressuresubtracted.Inpractice,whensomeonegivesapressureinjust
psitheyprobablymeangagepressure.Iftheymeanabsolute,theyshouldbeusingpsia.
GaugePressureThepressuredeterminedbymostinstrumentsandgauges,usuallyexpressedinpsig.
Barometricpressuremustbeconsideredtoobtaintrueorabsolutepressure
LoadTimeTimeperiodfromwhenacompressorloadsuntilitunloads.
Unload(Noload)Compressoroperationinwhichnoairisdeliveredduetotheintakebeingclosedor
modiednottoallowinletairtobetrapped.
ReceiverAvesselortankusedforstorageofgasunderpressure.Inalargecompressedairsystem
theremaybeprimaryandsecondaryreceivers.
DemandFlowofairatspecicconditionsrequiredatapointorbytheoverallfacility.
TommyMcGuire
McGuireAirCompressors,Inc.
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Comments
saravanansays:
September18,2014at10:50am
whywewanttomultiplytheconstant0.538
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mcguireaircompressorssays:
September24,2014at3:55pm
Thanksforaskingyouhelpedupaddthatnotationandcorrection.
*.538isaformulafactorfortheunknownthatworkstogiveyoutheCFMdelivery.
ThankYou,
TOMMYMcGUIRE
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Ramansays:
June2,2015at4:35pm
excellentexplanationhatsotoyou.pleasetellusalsohowtoselectaircompressorcapacity(CFM)
forunknownairconsumption.
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CharlesMannsays:
December1,2015at9:00pm
Thanks!
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Arjunkshirsagarsays:
March22,2016at4:56am
thanksformakingcalculationeasy
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