Fan and blower manufacturer ebm papst has released the new AxiTop axial fan diffuser designed to help increase aerodynamic efficiency in fan systems.
“The kinetic energy (velocity) at the exhaust of an axial impeller dissipates when the air is suddenly discharged into the surrounding environment,” the company explained. “The AxiTop diffuser is designed to recover this wasted energy by purposely and efficiently decelerating the flow and reducing swirl, boosting the pressure rise of the impeller. Aerodynamic efficiency is increased and acoustic noise is reduced.”
“The AxiTop diffuser allows the end user greater freedom in optimizing different characteristics in their application. Greater air performance can be selected with unchanged energy input, or unchanged air performance can be selected with lower energy consumption. The AxiTop diffuser can improve acoustic characteristics in either case.”
AxiTop is currently available for ebm-papst axial fan sizes 800mm and 910mm. It can also be retrofitted onto existing systems that already use ebm-papst fans.
