Abstract
A new louver blade design, developed through extensive wind tunnel tests, employs an airfoil shape with excellent aerodynamic characteristics. Stressed-skin construction adds strength and rigidity permitting the use of longer blades and the elimination of unnecessary frame sections. Lever arms and linkage rods are placed out of the airstream, further reducing resistance to airflow. Louvers and dampers employing this design will have a pressure drop of from 1/4 to 1/10 that of units of traditional design.
Recommended Citation
Kitchen, Peggy and Moore, R. David, "New Concept in Louver Blade Design Reduces Energy Losses" (1978). UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy. 422, pp. 559-567.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/umr-mec/422
Meeting Name
5th Annual UMR-DNR Conference on Energy (1978: Oct. 10-12, Rolla, MO)
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Session
Industrial Energy Conservation I
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1978 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12 Oct 1978
