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CFD Simulation of an Activated Carbon Filter

In various industries, specialized filters with activated carbon are used for adsorbing mercury from air-flows. MRT has eight such Activated CarbonFilters (ACFs) in one of their devices. The main purpose of research is tostudy the flow in the ACF filter and suggest a mathematical model for the complete system through which an improved design can be found.Simulation of a single ACF illustrates how the current system’s air flow does not cover the whole filter leaving part of the carbon bed unused forthe adsorption. This is validated by experimental data. A theoretical studybased on a mathematical model is made and the improved air flow pattern of a re-designed ACF is presented. An additional improvement is that byswitching inlet and outlet the usable time of the filters is prolonged.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:bth-13839
Date January 2016
CreatorsMurki, Sai Rohith, Puttagunta, Yaswanth
PublisherBlekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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