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EX501U AIR & WATER POLLUTION CONTROL Dr C.F.

Martín

TUTORIAL 3. DUST AND PARTICLES REMOVAL AND CONTROL

3.1. Calculate the particle size for which the collection cut of CaO particles is 50%. The CaO particles
(ρp = 3,310 kg/m3) are suspended in an air current at 100°C and atmospheric pressure inside a gravity
settling chamber of 3 m length and 1 m height. The velocity of the air in the collector is 1 m/s.
Solution: dp,cut = 52.2 µm; dp,cut = 44.3 µm

3.2. A cyclone of 0.3 m body diameter and 1.2 m depth has got a circular inlet diameter of 75 mm. The
circular diameter at the outlet is the same as in the inlet.
Calculate the particle diameter if the gas inlet velocity is 1.5 m/s, the density of the particle is
2,700 kg/m3, the density of the gas is 1.3 kg/m3 and its dynamic viscosity is 1.8 x 10-5 N s /m2.
Solution: dp = 2.17 µm.

3.3. Calculate the cyclone diameter and, if required, the number of cyclones that would need to work
parallelly to treat 0.123 m3/s of a gas which viscosity is 17.05 x 10-6 N s/m2 and density is 1.5 kg/m3.
The gas is transporting dust of a solid, which density is 2,400 kg/m3.
Cyclone(s) should be considered to achieve a cut diameter of 0.90 µm (within 0.02 µm accuracy).
Pressure drop is fixed (1,750 Pa), and the geometry gives the following values: Euler module = 700;
Stokes = 6.5 x 10-5.
Solution: 3 cyclones with D0 = 0.1689 m.

3.4.
a) Calculate the particle migration velocity for the 0.5 µm and 5 µm particles which are submitted to
a uniform electrostatic field of intensity equals to 1,500 V/cm in air (viscosity of air is 1.815 x 10-5 N s
/m2). Note that Ɛ = 4 and Ɛ0 = 8.854 x 10-12 F/m.

b) Calculate the separation efficiency of particles with 0.5 µm in diameter knowing that the removal
efficiency of particles of 5 µm in diameter is equal to 0.99.
Conditions: air temperature: 293 K, P = 1 atm.
Solution: a) Ut(5 µm)= 0.037 m/s; Ut(0.5 µm)= 0.019 m/s; b) ƞ0.5 µm = 90.5 %.

3.5. A smelting factory without emission control equipment is emitting 10 tonnes/day of particles.
There are two types of collectors under consideration to control the situation: an electrostatic

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precipitator, and a cyclone. The particle size distribution and the efficiency of both collectors are given
in Table 1.
Table 1
Size range (µm) 0-10 10-20 20-44 >44
Average Diameter (µm) 5 15 32 50
% wt. 20 35 30 15
ȠEP (%) 90 97 99.5 100
ȠC (%) 55 78 90 99

Calculate:
a) The global efficiency for both collectors.
b) Penetration, decontamination factor and decontamination index of the respirable
particles.
c) Diary emissions of the particles (ρp = 2,300 kg/m3) of average diameter size 5 µm and
32 µm, and the ratio of them for each collector type.

Solution:
a) ƞGLOBAL(EP) = 96.8%; ƞGLOBAL(Cyclone) = 80.1%.
b) P(EP) = 10; P(Cyclone) = 45; DF(EP) = 10; DF(Cyclone) = 2.22; DI(EP) = 1; DI(Cyclone) = 0.35.
c) N5Outlet (EP) = 1.33 X 10-5 particles/day; N5Outlet (C) = 5.98 X 1015 particles/day; N32Outlet (EP) = 3.8 X
1011 particles/day; N32Outlet (C) = 7.60 X 1012 particles/day;
EP: N5/N32 = 3,500; Cyclone: N5/N32 = 787.5.

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