CYCLONE MECHANICAL DUST

COLLECTOR

DEFINATION

ROLE OF CYCLONE IN OPTIMIZATION OF BOILER EFFICIENCY

IMPORTANT PARAMETER IN DESIGNING AND OPTIMIZATION OF CYCLONE

TECHNIQUES IN PERFORMANCE EVALUTION AND OPTIMIZATION

THEORATICAL MODELS:

LAPPLE GRAPHICAL METHOD (1951)

BARTH EQUATION(1956)
LEITH-LICHT THEORY (1972)
THEODORE-DEPOALA(1980) MODEL
THE DIETZ MODEL (1981)

PRESSURE DROP AND COLLECTION EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING

CYCLONE
TYPE
SELECTED

PRESSURE DROP ( given )

= 750 Pa (3 inches of water)

THEORATICAL MODEL USED IN CALCULATION
USING LAPPLE GRAPHICAL MODEL

OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 60.229 %

USING THEODORE-DEPOALA(1980) MODEL
OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 58.225 %
USING LEITH-LICHT THEORY (1972)

OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 77.596 %

OPTIMIZATION POSSIBILITES
CHANGE IN INPUT PARAMETERS

REPLACING EXISTING CYCLONE WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY CYCLONE

SERIES ARRANGEMENT OF EXISTING CYCLONE WITH MEDIUM

EFFICIENCY CYCLONE

RESULTS OF OPTIMIZATION
CHANGE IN NUMBER OF TURNS
Scatterplot of Overall Efficiency vs N

Fitted Line Plot

Overall Efficiency = 63.37 + 3.404 N
- 0.1380 N* * 2

83

84

82

83

81

Overall Efficiency

Overall Efficiency

84

80
79
78
77

S
R-Sq
R-Sq(adj)

0.0737614
99.9%
99.9%

82
81
80
79
78
77

76

76
5

10

10

CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE
Fitted Line Plot

Scatterplot of OVERALL EFFI CI ENCY vs TEMPERATURE

OVERALL EFFICIENCY = 82.45 - 0.01264 TEMPERATURE

+ 0.000006 TEMPERATURE* * 2

78.75
78.75

S
R-Sq
R-Sq(adj)

OVERALL EFFICIENCY

OVERALL EFFICIENCY

78.50

78.25

78.00

77.75

78.50

78.25

78.00

77.75

77.50

77.50
350

375

400

425
TEMPERATURE

450

475

500

350

375

400
425
450
TEMPERATURE

475

500

0.0002919
100.0%
100.0%

RESULTS OF OPTIMIZATION

HIGH EFFICIENCY CYCLONE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY

USING THEODORE-DEPOALA MODEL

OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 67.458 %

USING LEITH-LICHT THEORY

OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 82.401 %

SERIES ARRANGEMENT COLLECTION EFFICIENCY

USING THEODORE-DEPOALA MODEL

OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 85.02%

USING LEITH-LICHT THEORY

OVER-ALL EFFICIENCY = 95.67 %

FEASIBLE SOLUTION CONCLUSION

INLET DUST CONTENT ( EXISTING):
36 g/
OUTLET DUST CONTENT ( EXISTING):
15 g/
AFTER SERIES ARRANGEMENT INSTALLATION
OUTLET DUST CONTENT (THEODORE APROACH)
5.393 g/
OUTLET DUST CONTENT (LEITH APROACH)
1.558 g/