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Experimental Investigation of Possibilities to Improve Filtration Efficiency of Tangential Inlet Return Cyclones by Modification of Their Design

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  • Tadeusz Dziubak

    (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Military University of Technology, 2 Gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego St., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland)

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It has been shown that tangential inlet return cyclones are commonly used for inlet air filtration of off-road vehicle engines. The wear of the engine elements, and thus their durability, is determined by the efficiency and accuracy of the inlet air filtration. It has been shown that the possibilities of increasing the separation efficiency or decreasing the pressure drop of a cyclone by changing the main dimensions of the cyclone are limited, because any arbitrary change in one of the dimensions of an already operating cyclone may cause the opposite effect. A literature analysis of the possibility of increasing the filtration efficiency of cyclones by modifying the design of selected cyclone components was conducted. In this paper, three modifications of the cyclone design with a tangential inlet of the inlet air filter of a military tracked vehicle were proposed and performed. The symmetrical inlet of the cyclone was replaced with an asymmetrical inlet. The cylindrical outlet tube was replaced with a conical tube, and the edges of the inlet opening were given an additional streamlined shape. The modification process was carried out on three specimens of the reversible cyclone with a tangential inlet. After each modification, an experimental evaluation of the modifications was carried out. The influence of the modifications on the cyclone’s efficiency characteristics and pressure drop was examined. Subsequent modifications of the cyclone were performed on the same specimen without removing the previous modifications. Tests were performed in the air flow range Q G = 5–30 m 3 /h. Polydisperse “fine” test dust with grain size d pmax = 80 µm was used for testing. The dust concentration at the cyclone inlet was set at 1 g/m 2 . The performed modifications caused a slight (about 1%) increase in separation efficiency in the range of small (up to Q G = 22 m 3 /h) flux values and about 30% decrease in pressure drop in the whole range of the Q G flux, which positively influences the increase in engine filling and its power. There was a noticeable increase in filtration accuracy in the range of low and high values of Q G flux, which results in a decrease in the wear of engine components, especially the piston-piston ring-cylinder (P-PR-C) association, and an increase in their durability.

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  • Tadeusz Dziubak, 2022. "Experimental Investigation of Possibilities to Improve Filtration Efficiency of Tangential Inlet Return Cyclones by Modification of Their Design," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-37, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:11:p:3871-:d:822976
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