• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.223-237
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• 2016

The excess use of conventional sources of energy by the industries and power sector result in acute shortage of energy produced by fossil fuel. To overcome this energy crisis, biomass feedstock is used to produce syngas or producer gas. For cleaning the dust particle present in the producer gas cyclone separators are largely used. In this paper we investigate the performance parameters of cyclone separator mainly efficiency and pressure drop for different feedstock. Cyclone performance has been evaluated based on experimentation and empirical approach using Leith and Licht model. The same has also been calculated by using turbulent RSM in Ansys Fluent for Wood and Coconut shell feedstock. Experimental results show that using feed stock with 10 % Calcium oxide (CaO) by weight, the efficiency of cyclone got reduced from 71.87% to 70.75% for wood feed stock, whereas in case of coconut shell, the cyclone efficiency got reduced from 78% to 73.44%. It is also seen that Leith and Licht model and Reynolds stress model (RMS) predicts very close to the particle collection efficiency evaluated by using experimental data.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2008

A closed type crankcase ventilation system has been adopted to engines to prevent emission of blow-by gas to atmosphere. In the early closed type crankcase ventilation system, blow-by gas which contains engine lubricating oil is re-circulated into the intake system. The blow-by gas containing oil mist leads to increased harmful emissions and engine problems. To reduce loss of the engine oil, a highly-efficient oil separation device is required. Principle of a cyclone oil separator is to utilize centrifugal force in the separator and, therefore, oil separator designs depend on rotational flow which causes the centrifugal force. In this paper, flow characteristics and oil separation performances for cyclone type designs are calculated with CFD methodology. In the CFD model, oil particle was injected on a inlet surface with Rosin-Rammler distribution and uniform distribution. The major design parameters considered in the analysis model are inlet area, cone length and outlet depth of the oil separator. As results, reducing inlet area and increasing cone length increase oil separation performance. Changes in outlet depth could avoid interference between rotational flow and outlet flow in the cyclone oil separator.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2009년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.757-761
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• 2009

Axial-flow cyclone separator cluster can be used for a dust removal device inside a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning(HVAC) system of subway station. In this study, 3-dimensional computational fluid dynamics(CFD) analysis was performed to compare single unit axial-flow cyclone with couple unit axial-flow cyclone cluster. It is shown that the performance of cyclone separator is not influenced by number of single units but influenced by ability of single unit.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2017

A novel two stage cylindrical cyclone was developed for a 3 phase separator in shale oil production industry. The cyclone performance was compared with a cone type cyclone and multi cyclone at the same experimental condition using water and oil mists generated by a humidifier and atomizer at the flow rate 1 to $2m^3/min$. The removal efficiency of total suspended water droplets by the novel cyclone, calculated using inlet and outlet concentrations measured by an optical particle counter, was 99% which is higher than 90% of oil droplet removal efficiency at $2m^3/min$. It might be due to the evaporation of small water droplets during the tests. The water and oil droplet removal performance of the novel cyclone based on the quality factor which is a function of pressure drop and removal efficiency was the highest among three cyclones. The results indicate that the cyclone could be an economical device to remove water and oil mists from shale gas generation processes where a huge three phase separator is commonly used.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제27권8호
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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.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2003

전산유체역학을 이용하여 전형적인 구조를 갖는 사이클론 분리기 시스템 내에서의 주입 가스 유동 및 입자 거 동해석을 통해 가스 주입 유속에 따른 입자 거동 양상을 3차원적으로 해석하였다. 해석 결과는 Navier-stokes 방정식을 이용한 유체 유동 현상과 Lagrangian 접근법을 이용한 입자 거동 경로 추적을 결합시켜 도출되었다. 주입 유속이 증가함에 따라 내부 압력 손실이 증가하였고 이런 내부 압력 변화는 분리기 내의 유체의 유동 양상에 영향을 미쳤다. 입자의 거동은 유체의 유동에 의해 결정되었으며 일정 유속에 대해서는 입자의 크기에 크게 의존하였다. 그리고 주입 유속의 증가는 입자의 경로를 증가시키면서 분리기의 하부 영역으로 이동시켰다. 이로 인해 분리기내에 존재하는 입자의 최소 크기가 작아지며 일정 크기의 입자의 경우 분리율이 증가하였다. 결론적으로 가스 유입 유속의 변화는 내부의 유체 유동 변화와 입자 거동 양상에 중요한 요인이 된다.

• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2009

In the Korean subway station, three types of pre-filters, which include auto filter, electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and auto cleaning demister, are widely used. However, these devices have some problems such as the difficulty of maintenance and high operating cost. In this study, axial-flow cyclone separator was employed as a pre-filter inside a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. 3-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed on a single unit axial-flow cyclone and coupled unit axial-flow cyclone. Calculated and measured pressure drop of the designed axial-flow cyclone were found be comparable to other types of pre-filters and the observed cut-off diameter was less than 10 micron. Considering lower operating and maintenance cost, axial-flow cyclone was proved to be a better solution as a pre-filter.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.2555-2558
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• 2014

• 시멘트 심포지엄
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• 11호
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• pp.104-113
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• 1983

• 시멘트
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• 통권24호
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• pp.23-28
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• 1968