“CYCLONE” BENCH (bench for blowing aerofoils, grates, and filters with a low-pressure single- and two-phase air flow)

Department of power plant thermogas dynamics

Head of department – D.Sc., Professor Hennadii O. Strelnykov

Key specifications
ГPipeline dimensions D×L, m0,52×8…16
Work chamber dimensions, m1×1×1,2
Fan total pressure, kPa1600
Ts 14-46-8K centrifugal fan delivery, m3/h28000
Maximum dust concentration per kilogram of air, kg1,5
Maximum flow speed at the pipeline exit, m/s38
Cyclone models: 
Outer cylinder, mR1 = 0,68
Inner cylinder, mR2 = 0,2
Area, m20,025 — 0,12
Swirl angleα1 = 50° ,
α2 = 17 — 22°
1 — fan, 2 — flow-metering section,
3, 4 — measuring elements, 5 — ash bin,
6 — motor, 7 — worm reducer,
8 — revolution meter, 9 — cyclone model chambers,
10 — solid-particle collector, 11 — air duct exhaust,
12 — two-phase flow cleaning system
1, 2 — coaxial
cylinders
3, 4 —screw blades,
5 — conical fairing,
6 — plate to control the
window flow area,
7, 8 — gate valves.

Description

The bench serves to study and try out processes of interaction of low-pressure single- and two-phase flows with aerofoils, grates, and other objects. Low-pressure air is delivered by a controlled-delivery fan into a pipeline connected to the fan by an elastic spacer. The exit of the pipeline is connected to a work chamber mounted on a rail-guided cart.

Capabilities

  1. Study of the filtration of a two-phase flow;
  2. Air filter tryout;
  3. Aerodynamic drag, force, and moment determination;
  4. Dust fractional composition determination;
  5. Testing of screw-type cyclone models.

Advantages

  • The self-contained compressor permits long-term rests.
  • Various systems for process parameter measurement.

Use
The bench is intended to test screw-type cyclone models.

Using the bench, recommendations are worked out on the choice of cyclone models and a two-phase flow cleaning system.

A cyclone for a heat and power plant boiler has been tried out on the bench.

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The “Technical Mechanics” Journal

Frequency: 4 times a year

Languages: Ukrainian, English

Editor-in-Chief: Volodymyr P. Poshyvalov, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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