Re: Cyclone And Filter Receiver Airlock Leakage
Yes, if the air leakage at either or both of the rotary airlocks is excessive, it can result in too low of a pick up velocity which can create a whole list of conveying problems, including cyclone efficiency
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Re: Cyclone And Filter Receiver Airlock Leakage
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For both of these rotary valves you should calculate their leakages before making any changes to system design. You may as well have a sufficiently high pick-up velocity even due to these leakages. If you need help on these calculations, you may refer to my article on this subject published in Chemical Engineering in 2005.
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Amrit Agarwal
Consulting Engineer
Pneumatic Conveying Consulting
Email: polypcc@aol.cpm ■
Cyclone and Filter Receiver Airlock Leakage
Trying to learn here about Rotary Airlock Leakage on a negative pressure system. Our conveying systems consist of a air intake point, feed point fed by just an open pipe, a cyclone with a Rotary Airlock, a Filter Receiver with an rotary airlock, then the blower.
Would excessive cyclone RA leakage cause these things:
- decrease in cyclone collection efficiency
- decrease in conveying velocity at the pickup point
- anything else?
Also would the excessive Filter Receiver R/A leakage:
- decrease in Receiver leakage
- decrease in cyclone efficiency
- decrease in conveying velocity at pickup point
- anything else?
Thanks in advance. ■