A collection of experimental data for aerosol monitoring cyclones

Figures & data

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of a round-entry cyclone, showing the principal dimensions.

Table 1. Summary of the data in the supplementary information.

Cyclone type	Dc values (mm)	Din/Dc	De/Dc	B/Dc	H/Dc	h/Dc	Z/Dc	S/Dc	Hcup/Dc	Dcup/Dc	Penetration values	Pressure drop values
GK	8 values 11.47 to 41.62 mm	0.200	0.230	0.200	1.300	0.400	0.900	0.230	0.870	0.200	53	ΔP vs. Q for 3 GK sizes
ESCC	9 values 7.46 to 34.91 mm	0.143	0.229	1.000	1.903	1.000	0.903	0.514	0.000	0.000	31
VSCC	1 value 29.46 mm	0.276	0.296	0.348	1.920	0.633	1.280	0.693	0.614	0.842	12	ΔP vs. Q for 1 VSCC
SCC	13 values 2.24 to 66.34 mm	0.240	0.270	0.250	1.560	0.430	1.130	0.350	0.870	0.635	70	ΔP vs. Q for 5 SCC sizes
Modular	1 value 17.5 mm	Three values: 0.14 to 0.26	Three values: 0.14 to 0.37	Three values: 0.1 to 1.0	Six values: 1.14 to 3.0	Two values: 0.4 and 1.0	Three values: 0.74 to 2.0	Three values: 0.23 to 0.86	Two values: 0 and 0.86	Three values: 0.2 to 1.0	88

Figure 2. Data for the SCC, GK, ESCC, and VSCC cyclone families, and published family models.

Table 2. Model fit parameters and root mean square errors.

Cyclone type	Published Family model parameters	RMSE – new dataset vs. published family model	RMSE – new dataset vs. semi-empirical model Equation (11[11] )	RMSE – new dataset vs. Avci-Karagoz model
GK	a = 0.936	0.339 µm	0.391 µm	0.837 µm
	b = 2.105
ESCC	a = 0.976	0.219 µm	1.398 µm^1	0.61 µm
	b = 1.837
VSCC	a = 1.415	0.119 µm	0.101 µm	0.571 µm
	b = 1.908
SCC	a = 1.447	0.502 µm	0.287 µm	0.713 µm
	b = 2.131
Modular	n/a	n/a	1.48 µm^1	1.872 µm

These data were not included when fitting the semi-empirical model.

Figure 3. Data for all cyclones, and semi-empirical models.

Figure 4. Semi-empirical model (Equation (11[11] )) residuals as a function of inlet Reynolds number.

Figure 5. Cyclone cut points predicted by the Avci-Karagoz mathematical model, parameter values calculated using Equations (5)–(10[5] ).

Figure 6. Avci-Karagoz model residuals as a function of inlet Reynolds number.