Cyclone dust collector HURRICANE

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Since the early 1900’s, cyclones have been mostly designed and improved by empirical means, due to the difficulty of building a good prediction method that handles with the modeling complexity related with multiphase and highly turbulent flows. Computerized Flow Dynamics (CFD) can be used for partial cyclone optimization but it is still incomplete for full cyclone optimization, due to the very large computational burden associated with highly vorticial, assimetrical and multiphase flows with polidispersity. Sub-optimization of cyclones, and notably low collection efficiency result from the fact that particle agglomeration in cyclones has been disregarded until present days. Near 350 projects implemented in the past 12 years, helped ACS develop a complete line of very different Hurricane cyclone families, with each family responding to a particular need from the client and considering how inter-particle agglomeration / clustering affects collection efficiency. From coarse particle pre-separation proportioned by compact and low pressure drop cyclones, such as the SD and DX, to fine particulate capture with high-end geometries such as the EX and MK, ACS provides solutions for a wide range of industrial cases, being able to reach emissions comparable to ESPs (down to less than 30mg/Nm3). ACS research team has been investigating this phenomenon since its foundation. Several related technical and scientific articles were published, among which the “Impact of particle agglomeration in cyclones” (Chemical Engineering Journal 162 (2010) 861–876)”.