• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.77-82
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• 2013

A cyclone separator has been widely used in various industrial processes for removing fine particulate matter because it is easy to fabricate, cost effective, and adaptable to extremely harsh conditions. However, owing to the complex flow field in cyclones, a complete understanding of the detailed mechanisms of particulate removal has not yet been gained. In this study, a theoretical analysis was performed for calculating the collection efficiency and cut-off size in cyclones by taking into account the effects of geometrical and flow parameters. The collection efficiency and cut-off size values predicted by the theoretical model showed good agreement with experimental measurements for particles with a diameter of $0.5-30{\mu}m$. It was also revealed that the surface friction, along with the flow and geometrical parameters, has a significant effect on the cyclone performance.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.512-517
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• 2014

This paper describes the development of new sweeping machine based on Cyclone Technology, which maintains constant suction power and uses it in a industrial applications as a method for dust removed from grinding work. The performance of a cyclone separator is determined by the turbulence characteristics and particle-particle interaction. To achieve this goal, we design cyclone technology based dust separator for sweeping machine has been proposed as a system which is suitable to work utilizing dust suction alternative to conventional manual system. and Numerical analysis with computational fluid dynamics(CFD) was carried out to investigate the working fluid that flow into cyclone dust separator in order to design optimal structure of the sweeping machine. The validation of cyclone model with CFD is carried out by comparing with experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.911-913
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• 2013

In this paper, we present the sweeping machine with cyclone type dust collector for cleaning shipment exterior wall. Important cyclone characteristics such as the collection efficiency, pressure and velocity fields have been discussed and compared with the experimental data. The purpose of this study is to introduce the mechanism design of the high efficiency sweeping machine using the cyclone dust collector. Generally, the increase of inlet velocity of air in a cyclone dust collector improves the separation efficiency, while it results in increasing in the pressure losses nonlinearly.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.8-13
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• 2014

A series of numerical simulation has been carried out to study performance of a cyclone type oil separator, which is designed for the compressor of a refrigeration system. Working fluid is R22, which is a typical refrigerant, and mineral oil droplet is supplied. Pitch of the helix is considered as design parameters to make a compact separator. Depending on the helix pitch, separation efficiency varies from 97.5 to 99%, while predicted pressure drop ranges from 5 to 6.5 kPa. Considering both of the pressure drop and separation efficiency, helix pitch of the separator has been designed as 50 mm.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.17-23
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• 2021

A cyclone is a dust-separating mechanism that works on the principle of centrifugal force. The performance of a cyclone is evaluated using pressure loss and collection efficiency. A multi-cyclone arrangement is used to improve the collection efficiency within a limited area. In this study, experiments and numerical analyses were conducted on a dual arrangement of mini-hydrocyclone separators, which was fabricated using 3D printing. The experiment was performed at an inlet flow rate of 0.7 m/s, and alumina powder with a particle size of 0.5, 15, and 50 ㎛. ANSYS FLUENT, was used for the numerical analysis. The reliability of the numerical analysis was verified through a comparison with the experimental results. The errors in the experiment and numerical analysis were confirmed to be 2% at the outlet flow rate.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.27 no.8
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• pp.402-408
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• 2015

A series of numerical simulations have been carried out to study the performances of cyclone-type oil separators, which are designed for refrigeration-system compressors. The corresponding working fluid is R22, which is a typical refrigerant, whereby a mineral-oil droplet is supplied (Ed-highlight-My interpretation). The outlet-tube length in relation to the total chamber volume is considered a design parameter. Depending on the tube length, the separation efficiency varies from 98.7% to 99.3%, while the predicted pressure drop is between 5.1 kPa and 6.4 kPa. Considering both the pressure drop and separation efficiency, the length of the outlet-port tube of the separator is 152 mm.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2022

In order to overcome the limitation of conventional nanoparticle dispersion methods such as sonicator or homogenizer, a filtration method using an ultrasonic atomization effect and cyclones was proposed in this study. A 0.5 wt% suspension was made with Al₂O₃ powder with an average diameter of 250 nm. The suspension was filtered by the proposed method after pre-dispersing using a sonicator and a homogenizer, respectively. As the result, in the case of the suspension after pre-dispersing with a sonicator, the particle size distribution of the filtered suspension started showing up a single normal distribution indicating the mode of the average diameter only after the 3rd cyclone process. On the other hand, in the case of the suspension with the homogenizer pre-dispersion, similar results appeared from the 2nd cyclone process. Filtration of various types of nanoparticles is expected to be possible by adjusting ultrasonic atomization frequency and manipulating the design of the cyclone.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.145-151
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• 2003

Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, we investigated three-dimensional fluid flow field and particle movement with respect to the injected gas flow rate variation in typical cyclone separator system. The results of numerical investigation were deduced by coupling the analysis of fluid flow field with Wavier-stokes equation and the tracking of the particle trajectory with Langrangian approach. It was shown that the increasing of injected gas flow rate resulted in the increasing of pressure loss in the separator. This change of inner pressure had an effect on an aspect of the fluid flow in the separator. Particle movement was determined by fluid flow in the separator and was fully depended on a diameter of particles under the fixed flow rate. Increasing of injected gas flow rate was led to an increasing of the trace of particle, so the particles moved to the lower part of the separator. For this reason, the minimum diameters of the particles were decreased and increased the separation rate under the fixed particle diameter. In conclusion, the changes of injected gas flow rate have an important factor to the fluctuation of the fluid flow field and particle trajectory in the separator.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.371-374
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• 2012

본 연구는 "사이클론과 관성충돌 및 백필터의 제진원리를 일체화한 고효율 멀티 제진시스템의 최적화 설계를 위한 수치 해석적 연구(I) : 집진기 입구 최적화 설계"에 이은 일련의 연구로서 앞선 연구에서 도출된 사이클론부 하단 벤츄리(Venturi)에서의 강한 하향 기류의 가속에 따른 분진 재비산 가능성에 대한 추가적 검토를 위한 연구이다. 사이클론부를 통과한 기류가 상향 흐름으로 방향을 전환할때 좀 더 가속시켜 빠르게 곡률반경을 형성하여 조대 입자의 분리를 극대화시키기 위한 목적으로 사이클론부 하단을 벤츄리 형상으로 설계하였으나, 유동장 분석 결과 벤츄리를 통과한 처리가스 흐름이 가속되면서 호퍼 하단까지 약 4~5 m/s의 강한 하향 흐름을 형성하고 호퍼 하부의 말단 부근에서 상향 흐름으로 방향 전환을 하고 있는 것으로 예측됨에 따라 설계 의도와는 달리 벤츄리 설치시 호퍼 하단에 포집된 분진의 재비산을 예방하는데는 크게 역할을 하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.519-524
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• 2019

A horizontal dust collector is used in a large wind-volume grain dryer. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was used to analyze the flow characteristics inside the dust collector, including the effects of wear on the conical hub on the dust collection performance. Recently, a horizontal cyclone dust collector was developed with a conical hub and fixed vanes at the inlet of the dust collector to generate swirl flow to separate foreign matter from the air. The dust collector is relatively small in size and easy to install, and it has a relatively low back pressure, which does not require any additional power. However, there are problems with a back pressure problem and dust deposition that are caused by the shape of the horizontal dust collector. To solve these problems, the flow characteristics were studied with internal shapes of the dust collector using three-dimensional flow analysis.