Introduction
Laboratory
Prototypes for mechanism study
Animal
house air cleaning
Aerodynamic Dedusters
for Air Cleaning
Yuanhui Zhang, Z.C.
Tan, Mike Gentry, Steve Ford, and Xinlei Wang
Department of
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Contact: Dr. Yuanhui Zhang, 332-B W Pennsylvania Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Phone:
(217) 333-2693 Email: yzhang1@uiuc.edu
Web: http://www.age.uiuc.edu/bee/
Unlike
conventional cyclones using high velocity and high pressure, this uniflow
deduster has a low velocity and low pressure to separate
particles in air streams and to achieve high efficiency in particle
separation and low energy consumption.
On-going
research include application of the technology to reducing pollutant emission
from animal buildings, and cleaning air entering the
cooling systems and engines of off-road machinery.
Vanes create
rotational airflow with minimum turbulence Impacting
forces separate particles from air stream
High
air cleaning efficiency, operating without filtration media, Low pressure drop
(50-200 Pa).
Off-road
machinery air cleaning
Dust removal by mass:75-92%
Ammonia removal: 15-48%
Higher efficiency at higher retention time
and water consumption.
For off-road machinery
Dust removal by mass: 70-80%
Below is a Deduster designed for Precleaning Intake Engine Air
for large diesel engines.
Modeled Prototype
Created Prototype
