Modeling of the transitional pressure drop of fibrous filter media loaded with oil-coated particles
Journal
Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
7
Pages
1625-1635
Date Issued
2019
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Abstract
The pressure drop of glass-fiber and cellulose filter media loaded with oil-coated particles was investigated. The focus of this study was to develop a model describing the pressure drop of fibrous filter media under the above particle loading condition. A set of experimental data collected during previous work was used for this modelling. For the cases where the coated particles possessed an oil volumetric percentage below 50%, the filter was divided into two layers: One layer collected all test particles while the other layer remained clean, and the pressure drop of the first layer was estimated using a modified Bergman model, whereas that of the second was calculated with the Davies equation. The total filter pressure drop is the summation of the layers�� pressure drops. For the cases where the coated particles possessed an oil volumetric percentage above 50%, a power-law equation with two parameters (viz., the exponent, n, and the critical volume, Vcr) was applied to fit the experimental data. The correlations of the above parameters with the solid-core diameter fraction (X) of the particles and the viscosity of the coating oil were calculated for the glass-fiber and cellulose filter media.
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journal article