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Optimal Design of Off-Road Utility Terrain Vehicle Air Filter Intake

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  • Jeong-Eui Yun

    (School of Mechanical System Engineering, Kangwon National University, 346, Jungang-ro, Samcheok-si 25913, Gangwon-do, Korea)

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The air filters applied in utility terrain vehicles (UTVs), which are usually driven on dust-prone unpaved roads, employ a two-stage air cleaner that increases the lifespan of the filter element by using a pre-cleaner stage in the air filter intake housing to centrifugally separate any dust particles contained in the intake air before sending the cleaned air to the primary filter. Thus, maximizing the centrifugation capacity by properly modifying the geometry of the intake air passage in the filter housing is important to ensure engine performance and filter lifespan. The geometry of the pre-cleaner air passage was therefore optimized in this study in terms of the inclination angle and air passage location angle using a computational flow analysis to maximize the centrifugal removal of dust particles. The resulting overall pre-cleaner efficiency and overall pre-cleaner efficiency per pressure drop were then used as the objective functions to maximize the dust particle removal capacity according to centrifugation speed. The method demonstrated in this study for optimizing air filter intake geometry can be used to improve and prolong the performance of UTV engines.

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  • Jeong-Eui Yun, 2021. "Optimal Design of Off-Road Utility Terrain Vehicle Air Filter Intake," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:8:p:2269-:d:538341
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    1. Omer Faruk Atac & Jeong-Eui Yun & Taehyun Noh, 2018. "Aerodynamic Design Optimization of a Micro Radial Compressor of a Turbocharger," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-18, July.
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    1. Tadeusz Dziubak & Mirosław Karczewski, 2022. "Experimental Study of the Effect of Air Filter Pressure Drop on Internal Combustion Engine Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-32, April.

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