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Design Data for Cyclones
Author(s) -
König Christine,
Büttner Helmut,
Ebert Fritz
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.19910080155
Subject(s) - dimensionless quantity , cyclone (programming language) , separation (statistics) , meteorology , usable , mechanics , function (biology) , environmental science , mathematics , computer science , statistics , physics , field programmable gate array , evolutionary biology , world wide web , computer hardware , biology
For many years efforts have been made to describe the complex process of particle separation in cyclones, and a multitude of separation models have been set up. A comparison of such separation models fails because insufficient usable test results are available and systematic and precise investigations are missing. It is important for the design of cyclones to rate their separation properties by means of the fractional collection efficiency. On account of the known measuring problems, the data supply of reliable fractional efficiency curves of cyclones is still too small. Fractional efficiency as a function of the entrance velocity was measured with a high‐speed optical measuring technique. Measurements of low dust concentrations are presented. Geometrically similar cyclones of four different sizes were investigated. The fractional efficiency curves are plotted versus dimensionless parameters and the validity of the design criteria gained in this way is shown. The influence of particle shape on the fractional efficiency curves is discussed.