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    What is CFM?



    what does CFM stands for?

    why when you look at an evaporator as the BTUH -20F increases, the CFM decreases

    An evaporator of 6400 BTUH -20F has 2140 CFM
    Another evaporator with 9300 BTUH -20F has 1910 CFM. Both have two motors, same kind of connections.



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    Re: What is CFM?

    I think it stands for Cubic Feet per Minute and has to do with the design velocity of air through the evaporator.

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    Re: What is CFM?

    If an evaporator has more CFM should it cool faster?

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    Re: What is CFM?

    I was looking on another site and they used CFM to describe the volume of refrigerant through the evaporator. You would think that more refrigerant flowing through would be more powerful, but I am not sure. Hopefully someone else will shed some light.

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    Re: What is CFM?

    In this case, I imagine that CFM means Cubic Feet per Minute AIRFLOW.

    2140 CFM=35.66 CF/second

    35.66 CF/Second = 1009 LITRES per Second.

    That's a hell of a lot of refrigerant to push through an evaporator.

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    Re: What is CFM?

    CFM represents the amount of air flow the evaporator requires from the evaporator fans to maintain its design duty in BTUs
    cubic feet per min

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    Re: What is CFM?

    Fan rating for the evaporator ; even many a times condenser fan also is mentioned in cfm . Cubic feet of air per minute ; fan flow rate

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    Re: What is CFM?

    Quote Originally Posted by Voyager View Post
    That's a hell of a lot of refrigerant to push through an evaporator.
    Maybe it has only 1 pipe through it?

    Should have thought about it a bit more, sorry!

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    Re: What is CFM?

    All the abbreviation means is Cubic Feet per Minute.

    Compressors are rated in CFM Swept Volume; ACFM (actual CFM) and SCFM (Standard Cubic Feet per Minute, for an air compressor refers to the normal intake conditions, which would be at Standard Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure.

    For refrigeration compressors, you will also see Suction CFM and Discharge CFM; only useful for the actual operating conditions.

    Your rating sheet should say CFM air; but the unit with the higher rating probably has a greater coil depth or denser finning...Either one would cause the same fans to blow less air, due to the higher resistance.

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    Re: What is CFM?

    CFM=cubic feet per minute
    there is a relation between 1 ton of refrigeration and cfm
    1 ton= 400 CFM
    ,I use it to calculate CFM FOR 1.5 Ton of refrigeration for fan coil units located at the hotel where i am working..there a cfm meter which u simply hold it in front of a fan from where chilled air is coming,the meter gives the value in ft/min. then u simply multiply this valve with th grill area from where this air is coming ,finally u have the answer in CFM.It also gives an idea whether the unit is of 1 ton or 2 tons and whether the coil is choked or cleaned.

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    Re: What is CFM?

    Quote Originally Posted by kamal12341
    1 ton= 400 CFM


    Not always. You cannot use examples like this for all applications. What works for air conditioning systems will not apply to refrigeration systems.
    If all else fails, ask for help.


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    Re: What is CFM?

    Some evaporators may also have different fan blade pitches for the same diameter. Or, they might be listed as different airflow due to higher static pressures, which will cause a change in the delivered airflow volume.
    If all else fails, ask for help.


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    Re: What is CFM?

    For A/C systems a better rule of thumb is the equation:

    BTU=1.09*CFM*dT(air)

    and 1 ton of ref = 12,000 Btuh

    But don't go trying to apply it to other systems as the 1.09 encompasses the density and specific heat of air at sea level and at approximately room temperature.

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