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6.4 Principle of operation:
- The material is fed at the top of the separator.
- Material falls and is dispersed in the circulating air by the distribution plate.
- The air stream is generated by an external fan and recirculated. Possibly, there is a regulated fresh air inlet
in the part of the duct going to the separator.
- There is an exit where air is removed to a dedusting filter in order to maintain a constant underpressure
inside the system.
- The coarse material is separated by aspiration inside the main casing and goes out via the bottom conical device.
- As a certain number of fines particles are entrained downwards with coarse particles, the air flow returning to the
separating area has a second chance to pick up any fines in the rejects.
- The air with some amount of fine material is going back to the separating zone through the air vanes.
- The fine material exits by the top of the separator and the air flow enters into the cyclones through the gas pipe.
- The material is separated in the cyclones and exits through the bottom of these.
- The cleaned air (the dust content is generally less than 15 g/m³) is recirculated via the fan.
- It has been observed that the air flow speed in 2nd generation separators is in the order of 30% of the
air speed for conventional separators.
- See the figure below:
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6.5 Possibilities of adjustments:
Main adjustments:
- Speed of counterblades
- Fan speed
- Fan damper
Other possible adjustments:
- To remove or increase the counterblades number
- To increase the distribution plate diameter
- To decrease the distance between the distribution plate and the counterblades
Summary of the adjustments and consequences:
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6.6 Parameter of dimensioning:
- The Specific Separator load
The values depend from a supplier to an other one:
6.7 Different designs:
- Wedag ZUB (KHD):
- Cyclopol (Polysius):
- SKET (ZAB):
6.8 Second generation separators data sheet:
- The data sheet allows to have a good idea of the second generation separators efficiency.
- The different data are explained herebelow:
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