Why cant you use a forced draft fan in place of induced draft fan?
It can be used, however not on the same piece of equipment. A
forced draft fan is typically much smaller than an induced draft
fan. A FD fan moves cooler air into the combustion zone while the
ID fan removes the products of combustion from that zone. Typically
the volume of gasses the ID Fan needs to remove is from 125% to
200% more than that of the FD fan.
example: an FD fan moves 20,000 scfm of air at 100 *F, what size
ID fan do you need if the exhaust gasses are 450 *F and the
products of combustion and moisture add 3500 cfm to the volume of
gasses?
PV/T = P'V'/T'
with pressure being negligible (it usually isn't) the formula is
then :
V/T = V'/T'
to get the volume needed for the ID fan then:
VT'/T = V'
V = 20,000 scfm, T = 560 *R (absolute zero scale) and T' = 910
*R
20,000 scfm x 910*R/560*R = 20,000 scfm x 1.625 = 32,500
scfm
thus, the ID fan must be sized at least 62.5% larger than the FD
fan.