Did You Buy The Right Vacuum Cleaner?

Jul 1
09:22

2014

Samantha Knowles

Samantha Knowles

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What vaccuum cleaner are you using right now? How old is it? Is it doing the job for you and your three kids and two dogs? Would you know if it was or was not doing the job? When you sip soda through a straw, you are utilizing the simplest of all suction mechanisms. Sucking the soda up causes a pressure drop between the bottom of the straw and the top of the straw.

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What vacuum cleaner are you using right now? How old is it? Is it doing the job for you and your three kids and two dogs? Would you know if it was or was not doing the job?

When you sip soda through a straw,Did You Buy The Right Vacuum Cleaner? Articles you are utilizing the simplest of all suction mechanisms. Sucking the soda up causes a pressure drop between the bottom of the straw and the top of the straw. With greater fluid pressure at the bottom than the top, the soda is pushed up to your mouth. This is the same basic mechanism at work in a vacuum cleaner, though the execution is a bit more complicated. As we'll see, the standard vacuum cleaner design is exceedingly simple, but it relies on a host of physical principles to clean effectively.

When you plug the vacuum cleaner in and turn it on, this is what happens: The electric current operates the motor. The motor is attached to the fan, which has angled blades (like an airplane propeller). As the fan blades turn, they force air forward, toward the exhaust port. When air particles are driven forward, the density of particles (and therefore the air pressure) increases in front of the fan and decreases behind the fan. This pressure drop behind the fan is just like the pressure drop in the straw when you sip from your drink. The pressure level in the area behind the fan drops below the pressure level outside the vacuum cleaner (the ambient air pressure). This creates suction, a partial vacuum, inside the vacuum cleaner. The ambient air pushes itself into the vacuum cleaner through the intake port because the air pressure inside the vacuum cleaner is lower than the pressure outside. As long as the fan is running and the passageway through the vacuum cleaner remains open, there is aconstant stream of air moving through the intake port and out the exhaust port. But how does a flowing stream of air collect the dirt and debris from your carpet? The key principle is friction.

This stream of air acts just like a stream of water. The moving air particles rub against any loose dust or debris as they move, and if the debris is light enough and the suction is strong enough, the friction carries the material through the inside of the vacuum cleaner. This is the same principle that causes leaves and other debris to float down a stream.