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http://dx.doi.org/10.6110/KJACR.2015.27.9.468

Effect of Slot Discharge-Angle Change on Exhaust Efficiency of Range Hood System with Air Curtain  

Sung, Sun-Kyung (Department of Building Mechanical System and Fire Protection Engineering)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.27, no.9, 2015 , pp. 468-474 More about this Journal
Abstract
When oil is used for cooking in detached or apartment houses, large amounts of oil-mist, smoke, and particulate substances are generated and dispersed into the indoor-air environment. These pollutants diffuse into the surroundings and spread their odor while rising fast at a high temperature due to the heat energy from the gas range. Although the exhaust gas is discharged from the exhaust hood, which is installed on the top of a gas range to remove the diffuse pollutants, the exhaust conditions can vary greatly because they depend on the shape of the exhaust hood and the discharge rate. In this paper, the air that is required for the gas-exhaustion process is supplied by an air curtain that surrounds the kitchen hood, and the pollutant-capturing efficiency varies depending on the angle of the discharge grills; the pollutant-capturing efficiency was studied using a numerical-analysis method. The results indicate that the pollutant-capturing efficiency is not significantly changed by a change of the discharge-grill angle at a low air-discharge rate; however, at a high air-discharge rate, the efficiency value increases with an increase of the discharge-grill angle, whereby the best value occurs at 30 degrees and the efficiency decreases above this angle. Below 30 degrees, the effect of the discharge rate on the capturing efficiency is more than that of the discharge-grill angle.
Keywords
Range hood; Air curtain; Capturing efficiency; Slot; Discharge angle;
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