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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 34, 2018
International Conference on Civil & Environmental Engineering (CENVIRON 2017)
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Article Number | 02011 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Environment | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183402011 | |
Published online | 19 March 2018 |
Performance of a Retrofitted Multicyclone for PM2.5 Emission Control
1
Centre of American Education, Sunway University, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
2
Air Resources Research Laboratory, MJIIT, 54100 UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3
AMR Environmental Sdn Bhd, 81110 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
* Corresponding author: mrmy99@gmail.com
This paper presents on the performance of a retrofitted multicyclone system, which aims to increase the collection efficiency of PM2.5 (i.e. particulate size fraction ≤ 2.5 μm) emission. The multicyclone was retrofitted by extracting 15% and 20% of the total volumetric air flow rate at the dust hopper of the unit using an additional Induced Draft Fan. The total collection efficiency with and without the extraction was measured at various air volumetric flow rates and particulate mass inlet concentration. The results showed that there was a reduction of 12% to 54% depending on the inlet concentration of PM2.5 emission in the stack with compared to without extraction increasing the collection efficiency of the retrofitted multicyclone. The finding suggests that a simple technique of applying gas extraction at the dust hopper of a multicyclone as reported in this study able to increase the overall performance in fine particulate collection.
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