201. The Use of Filtration Theory for Performance Optimization of Volume
- Author
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Henryk Noga, Piotr Migo, Jana Depešová, Krzysztof Pytel, and Małgorzata Piaskowska-Silarska
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Flow (psychology) ,Airflow ,General Medicine ,Filter (signal processing) ,Mechanics ,Volumetric flow rate ,law.invention ,Volume (thermodynamics) ,Settling ,Control theory ,law ,Environmental science ,Constant (mathematics) ,Filtration - Abstract
Experimental data reveal that dry filters utilizing filter papers tend to change their operational characteristics whilst in service. When the airflow stream in the filter is constant, the pressure losses, and hence energy losses, will increase. On the other hand, when a constant pressure head is maintained to induce the flow, the flow rate of the flowing medium will decrease. A possible solution is a filter made from several filtering layers, their density varying along the dusted air flow path. Basing on the theory of filtration, the density of filter layers shall be chosen such that the amount of particulate matter settling on individual filter layers should be identical. The paper summaries the results of experimental testing of five-layered filters. Of particular interest is the distribution of collected dust mass along the airflow path in the filter in relation to the layer density.
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- 2015