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BH.oM.MEP.Equipment.Parts.Fan

Fans are devices that create a current of air (used for ventilation and cooling) by rotating blades

Class structure

Implemented interfaces and base types

The Fan is inheriting from the following base type(s) and implements the following interfaces:

Properties

Defining properties

The following properties are defined on the class

Name Type Description Quantity
FlowRate double Flow Rate denotes the amount of air that is drawn across the fan, measured in m3/s -
ExternalStaticPressure double External static pressure denotes the resistance within the system that the fan has to overcome from filters, grilles, coils, etc -
Speed double Speed denotes the rotational speed of the fan blades -
DriveType string Drive type denotes the drive type as either direct or belt -
SpeedControl string A device for controlling the fan speed. -
BrakeHorsePower double - -
HorsePower double - -
Efficiency double Efficiency denotes the ratio between the power transferred to airflow produced by the fan and the power used by the fan -

Inherited properties

The following properties are inherited from the base class of the object

Name Type Description Quantity
BHoM_Guid Guid - -
Name string - -
Fragments FragmentSet - -
Tags HashSet<string> - -
CustomData Dictionary<string, object> - -

Code and Schema

C# implementation

C#
public class Fan : BH.oM.Base.BHoMObject, BH.oM.Base.IBHoMObject, BH.oM.Base.IObject, BH.oM.MEP.Equipment.Parts.IPart

Assembly: MEP_oM.dll

The C# class definition is available on github:

All history and changes of the class can be found by inspection the history.

JSON Schema implementation

The object is defined as a JSON schema. You can validate a JSON instance against this schema by reference. To do this, use the schema reference below in a validator like this one.

JSON Schema
{
 "$ref" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BHoM/BHoM_JSONSchema/develop/MEP_oM/Equipment/Parts/Fan.json"
}

The JSON Schema is available on github here: