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I saw this pop up somewhere,
It's a Cyclone X2 which claims to double the output of your leaf blower
Passive device, I guess some sort of venturi effect?
Firstly, I don't actually need to double the power of my blower. But, if I could run it on half speed for the same output and double the battery life that would be good!
2nd, can this thing actually work?
I'm familiar with venturi as used in gas forges but that's generally a small, high pressure jet drawing in a larger volume of lower pressure air. The energy for this is coming from the compressed gas in the bottle.
My instinct tells me, this thing shouldn't work. The air already blowing through will loose energy drawing in more air.
At best, I'd think you could get twice the volume of air at half the pressure?
However, it has got me thinking about 3d printing some different nozzles for the end of my blower..
If I print one with an opening half the size I should get twice the pressure (ignoring friction) so should be able to shift things that are stuck to the ground or blow them from further away.
But, if I'm messing about with drawings and 3d printing is it worth thinking about venturi/cyclone/vortex? Ie, is it actually possible to gain any improvement from such a device?
It's a Cyclone X2 which claims to double the output of your leaf blower
Passive device, I guess some sort of venturi effect?
Firstly, I don't actually need to double the power of my blower. But, if I could run it on half speed for the same output and double the battery life that would be good!
2nd, can this thing actually work?
I'm familiar with venturi as used in gas forges but that's generally a small, high pressure jet drawing in a larger volume of lower pressure air. The energy for this is coming from the compressed gas in the bottle.
My instinct tells me, this thing shouldn't work. The air already blowing through will loose energy drawing in more air.
At best, I'd think you could get twice the volume of air at half the pressure?
However, it has got me thinking about 3d printing some different nozzles for the end of my blower..
If I print one with an opening half the size I should get twice the pressure (ignoring friction) so should be able to shift things that are stuck to the ground or blow them from further away.
But, if I'm messing about with drawings and 3d printing is it worth thinking about venturi/cyclone/vortex? Ie, is it actually possible to gain any improvement from such a device?
