ENGINEERING RELEVANCE AND A SURVEY OF PERTINEUT RESEARCH IV. PARTICULATE AGGLONERATION AT HIGR TEMPERATURE AND PRESSUREThe primary objective of this study was to develop a research plan that would contribute to a solution of the hot-gas cleanup problem. Although this work was intended to assist the development of the direct-cycle concept of the fluidized combustion of coal in a bed of calcium-containing solids, it is also relevant to a number of other applications.High-temperature particulate removal is necessary for direct-cycle applications using fuels other than coal: wood wastes (hog fuel), municipal solid wastes, and heavy residual oil. Power generation by means of the magnetohydrodynamic effect (MHD) will require the retrieval of valuable seed material dispersed in a high-temperature medium. High-temperature particulate removal will also be necessary for the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) employing CO 2 coolant flowing through a bed of radioactive BeO spheres. Small particles of BeO from these spheres will inevitably be entrained and must be removed. Also proposed are coal-fired fuel cells in which hightemperature particulate collection would be required to prevent blockage in the cells (which would cause hot spots to develop).In addition, many industrial high-temperature removal applications are presently solved at the expense of being exceedingly wasteful of energy: a typical case is the use of scrubbers to cool and agglomerate particulate (initially at ca. 1000*C) in the exhaust of a cupula furnace used to produce gray iron.If an efficient removal technique were available that could operate effectively in this environment, this high-temperature medium could be used as an energy source in a heat exchanger. In instances where such energy recovery is already practiced, a need still exists for greatly improved gas cleaning since the convection surfaces erode/corrode quickly, necessitating frequent replacement which is both expensive and disruptive. terms used throughout the report. All micrometer dimasimis quoted will refer to particle diameter unless otherwise noted. The terms "high-twperature" and "high-pressure" are Intended to men approximately 1000'C and 10 stn (1 IFa), respectively; the phrase "hot-gas conditions" is usually employed as an abbreviation for a "hig-tsmerature, high-pressure sa 'roment."Symbole which refer to particulate propert ies are designated ! the ese of a tilda: e.g., # is used for particulate velocity.A relatively lomg-lived distribution of very mail solid or liquid particulate in a gaseous madma is called an "aerosol,"t and the field of study dealing with the comined motian of the particulate and medim is called the "Nechanics of Aerosols." The removal of the particulate from the =adim, termed "collection," is but one of the specialiaatians of this very diverse field of engineering and is based upon both the science of colloids (within the branch of physical chemistry) and fluid mechanics. A bibliography of the literature of aerosols is presented in Dppndimes 1t 2 an...
This paper presents further experimental investigations with a cyclone separator. Specifically, an altered wall boundary condition, that of an internal rotating insert, as a technique which not only enhances the separating field, but, more importantly, diminishes the turbulence level within the cyclone is discussed. The data presented clearly illustrate that the proposed geometry is both turbulence suppressing and separation enhancing. Additional data presented for the efficiency with the insert show more than 10 percentage point improvement even for modest rotation rates. This improvement in the cyclone separator efficiency is significant and increases the potential of the cyclone as an air pollution control device.
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