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ENGINE AIR PARTICLE SEPARATOR DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

1. Description and Operation (Ref. Figure 1) (1). MDHI 369/500 helicopters may be equipped with an optional engine inlet air particle separator filter installation in place of the standard engine air inlet screen. (2). Later model helicopters are equipped with a Aircraft Porous Media (APM) filter. Earlier 500D helicopters were fitted with a Donaldson particle separator. The APM unit is equipped with provisions for an optional mist eliminator installation. (3). Both the APM and Donaldson particle separators are installed inside the front of the aft intake fairing above the plenum chamber and utilize the same operating principle. The particle separator installation consists of vortex tubes, a collection chamber, a nozzle manifold, ejectors, flapper valve, seals and attaching hardware. A scavenge air system is used to remove trapped particles from the collection chamber with engine bleed air. The scavenge air system consists of a solenoid air valve, tubes, an air pressure switch, SCAV AIR circuit breaker switch, AIR FILTER CLOGGED caution light, wiring, and attaching hardware. An air bypass door system is included to allow the particle separator to be bypassed in the event the unit becomes clogged. The air bypass door system includes a hinged plenum chamber door, door latches, door actuating forward and aft cables, cable return spring, two retain ers, three cable pulleys, adjustable cable stop, handle and attaching hardware. (4). An optional mist eliminator may be fitted to the back of APM separators to filter liquid sprays out of engine inlet air. Nine self retaining bolts secure early mist eliminator installations to the aft face of the particle separator.
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Later installations feature a system of clips that retain the mist eliminator in sealed contact with the particle separa tor. The mist eliminator consists of a welded stainless steel frame and wire mesh screens on the fore and aft faces. (5). Air drawn through the particle separa tor by the engine passes through the parallel vortex tubes. Each tube is fitted with vanes and an opening to the particle collection chamber. The vanes spin the incoming air so that centrifu gal force separates heavier solid bits from the air flow. A smaller diameter tube directs particle free center vortex tube air through the collection chamber rear plate into the plenum chamber. When the scavenge air system is switched ON, trapped particles are drawn out of the collection chamber by scavenge air vacuum and discharged overboard through an opening in the right side of the aft inlet fairing of APM equipped helicopters and the left side on Donaldson equipped machines. The nozzle manifold is fitted with an engine bleed air inlet port and air jets to discharge contaminants. The ejector assembly consists of a mounting flange with tubes, duct assembly and flapper valve. (6). The scavenge air system is supplied compressor bleed air controlled by the solenoid air valve. Bleed air is delivered to a duct-mounted nozzle-manifold that ejects contaminants from the particle separator. The electrically actuated solenoid air valve is mounted on the left forward side of the Station 124.00 bulkhead. The valve is con trolled by the SCAV AIR circuit breaker switch on the instrument panel. (7). An increase in plenum chamber vacuum (reduced plenum chamber pressure) caused by reduced airflow through a clogged filter/mist eliminator is sensed by a differential pressure switch ported to the plenum chamber and particle separator inlet. Sufficient
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pressure differential causes the switch to close. Switch closure lights an AIR FILTER CLOGGED caution indicator on the instrument panel. A cable actuated filter bypass door on the plenum chamber wall may be opened by the pilot to allow the engine to operate on unfiltered air. (8). Pulling the FILTER BYPASS CON TROL handle in the crew compartment disengages two door latches inside the engine air inlet aft fairing and opens the door inward. A spring and two

[ Main Menu ] [HMI2 Book TOC] [ Chapter 71 TOC ] retainers on the aft end of the forward cable returns the handle to the stowed position. An adjustable stop provides for cable travel adjustment and air bypass door rigging. On 500N installation, the FILTER BYPASS CONTROL handle in the crew compartment disengages one door latch inside the air inlet aft fairing and opens the door inward. Adjustment of this cable installation is limited by reposi tioning the cable assembly.

Table 1. Engine Air Particle Separator Configurations

Model 500N Part Number 500N901483 500N901481 Cabin Heat No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Principal Features APM filter with new pressure switch and Tpedestal electrical installation. APM filter with generic wire harness and no cabin heat APM filter with generic wire harness and cabin heat APM filter with new pressure switch and Tpedestal electrical installation. APM filter for C20R engine with generic wire harness APM filter for C20R engine with generic wire harness APM filter for C20B engine with generic wire harness APM filter for C20B engine with generic wire harness APM filter with Tpedestal electrical installation. APM filter with electrical controls bracket on side of slimline pedestal. Donaldson filter with electrical controls bracket on side of slimline pedestal. No mist eliminator option.

530FF 369H90148543 369H90148541 369H90148529 369H90148527 500E 369H90148545 369H90148539 369H90148537 369H90148535 369H90148521 369H90148519 369H90148509 369H90148507 369H90148505 369H90148503

500D

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TYPICAL FILTER FUNCTION

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Figure 1. Particle Separator Operating Principle Early Type (Donaldson Unit)

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FILTER BY-PASS CONTROL PULL HANDLE FWD SCAV AIR OUTLET FLAPPER VALVE FILTER SCREEN PLENUM CHAMBER ACCESS (FILTER BYPASS) DOOR NORMALLY CLOSED

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FILTER TUBE DETAIL VIEW

PULL HANDLE

FILTERED AIR TO ENGINE AIR INLET

SWIRL GUIDES

CONTAMINATED AIR TO SCAVENGE EJECTOR SWIRL GUIDES

SWIRL GUIDES EJECTOR MANIFOLD SCAVENGE EJECTOR NOZZLE

EJECTOR MANIFOLD LOCATED ON BOTTOM OF PARTICLE SEPARATOR

FILTER TUBE (SEE DETAIL VIEW)

ENGINE AIR INLET AFT FAIRING AIR FILTER CLOGD INDICATOR LIGHT

ATMOSPHERIC AIR FILTERED AIR

MECHANICAL ACTUATION ENGINE COMPRESSOR BLEED AIR OFF AIR BLEED SOLENOID (SHUTOFF) VALVE

ELECTRICAL ACTUATION

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AIR PRESSURE SWITCH (PRESSURE ACTIVATED)

CONTAMINATED AIR

ENGINE COMPRESSOR BLEED AIR

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Figure 2. Particle Separator Operating Principle Current Type (APM Unit)

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TYPICAL FILTER FUNCTION

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