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Computational and Experimental Analysis of Axial Flow Cyclone Used for Intake Air Filtration in Internal Combustion Engines

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  • Tadeusz Dziubak

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

  • Leszek Bąkała

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

Abstract

The properties and advantages of axial flow cyclones are presented; several dozen of them are already widely used as the first stage of inlet air filtration in internal combustion motor vehicle engines, work machines and helicopters. The necessity to conduct research on cyclones to improve separation efficiency has been demonstrated. Using the commercial engineering software Ansys Fluent, at a constant inlet velocity of 10 m/s, an assessment was made on the effect of the separation length and inlet diameter of the outlet tube on changes in separation efficiency in axial flow cyclone. Each of the examined parameters was variable while maintaining other factors at a constant level. In the numerical calculations, test dust was used, which was the equivalent of AC fine dust, the particle size composition of which was taken into account using the Rosin–Rammler model. Increase in the separation efficiency was observed with an increase in the separation length and a decrease in the diameter of the cyclone inlet tube. For the cyclone model with an increased separation length and reduced diameter of the inlet pipe, numerical tests of separation efficiency and pressure drop were performed for various velocities at cyclone inlet in the range of 2.5–15 m/s. The obtained characteristics of modified axial flow cyclone were experimentally verified on a laboratory stand during cyclone prototype tests, the model of which was printed using the additive manufacturing technique.

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  • Tadeusz Dziubak & Leszek Bąkała, 2021. "Computational and Experimental Analysis of Axial Flow Cyclone Used for Intake Air Filtration in Internal Combustion Engines," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-28, April.
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