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A Study on Flow Characteristics of Ejector for Cyclone Air Drying Machine  

Kim, Bong-Hwan (Dep't of Automotive Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers / v.11, no.6, 2012 , pp. 189-194 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to predict the performance of a cyclone drying machine and air ejector used in drying applications. This paper deals with optimization of the geometry of the ejector for sludge drying using computational fluid dynamics. To facilitate the design of a jet ejector for air drying machines, a numerical model of simultaneous mass and heat transfers between the liquid(sludge) and gas(air) phases in the jet ejector was developed. The steady-state model was based on unidimensional balance equations of mass, energy and momentum for the liquid and gas phases. It was shown that the optimum condition to minimize pressure and momentum loss of air in the ejector was d=220mm. It was found that sludge particles inside the cyclone was smoothly discharged by the conical wedge installed on the bottom of the cyclone.
Keywords
Cyclone Air Drying Machine; Sludge Drying; Air Ejector; CFD;
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