@ARTICLE{Dziubak_Tadeusz_POTENTIAL_2018,
 author={Dziubak, Tadeusz},
 volume={vol. 39},
 number={No 1},
 journal={Chemical and Process Engineering},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2018},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering},
 abstract={This paper presents an effect of general dimensions of a reverse flow mini-cyclone with a tangential inlet on its separation efficiency. Several mini-cyclone design modifications are presented and evaluated for use in the air filtration systems of motor vehicles. Local design improvements of three components of a reverse flow mini-cyclone with a tangential inlet D-40 of an air filter fitted in an all-terrain vehicle engine were introduced. An asymmetric curvilinear shape of an outlet port was used instead of a symmetrical shape. An outlet vortex finder inlet port shape was streamlined, and a cylindrical outlet vortex finder of the cyclone was replaced with a conical one. Experimental evaluation of the effects of the design improvements of mini-cyclone on its separation efficiency and performance as well as flow resistance was carried out. Separation efficiency of the cyclone was determined using the mass method as a product of dust mass retained by the mini-cyclone and supplied to the mini-cyclone in a specified time. Separation performance of the cyclone was determined as the largest dust particle dz =dzmax in a specific test cycle in the cyclone outlet air stream. A polydisperse PTC-D test dust used in Poland, a substitute for AC-fine test dust was used. Dust concentration at the mini-cyclone inlet was kept at 1 g/m3. The size and total number of dust particles in the air stream at the outlet of the original mini-cyclone and at the outlet of the improved mini-cyclone was determined using a particle counter.},
 type={Artykuły / Articles},
 title={POTENTIAL DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS OF A REVERSE FLOW MINI-CYCLONE WITH A TANGENTIAL INLET},
 URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/103635/PDF/CPE-39-1-art_02_119096_2.pdf},
 keywords={air filter, mini-cyclones, separation efficiency, separation performance, flow resistance, dust particle size distribution},
}