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http://dx.doi.org/10.11629/jpaar.2019.15.4.139

A Study on Performance Evaluation for Oil Mist Removal using a High-speed Centrifugal Cyclone  

Kim, SooYeon (Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Jin-Seon (Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Sung, Jin-Ho (Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Han, Bangwoo (Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Yong-Jin (Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Hak-Joon (Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
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Particle and aerosol research / v.15, no.4, 2019 , pp. 139-148 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed for the application of a high-speed centrifugal cyclone to shale gas mining process. This device uses the centrifugal force to control particles similar to typical cyclones, and the disk located inside the cyclone is forced to rotate using a motor. The pressure difference occurred during the rotating of disk. Hence, inflow rate was generated without a blower fan. In addition, flow rate increased with elevating rpm of motor. The installing the disk in multiple stages on the inner rotor increased the instantaneous disk outlet flow. Hence, the control efficiency of oil particle increased from 1.05% to 31.2%. By modifying the structure of the disk so that the air flow to the opposite direction of the cyclone, the control efficiency of oil particles increased to 81.5%. By increasing the capacity of the motor and the size of the disk, the flow rate was increased to 2.5 ㎥/min because the rpm of motor and pressure difference increased. As rpm of motor increased, the cut-off diameter (dpc) became smaller. Unlike the Lapple's equation, dpc was inversely proportional to the effective number of rotations (Ne). The control efficiency was maintained even if the concentration of oil particles increased, for this reason, the higher the oil concentration, the more particles were accumulated and controlled.
Keywords
High-speed centrifugal cyclone; Oil mist; Motor rpm; Flow rate; Cut-off diameter;
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