DynaVane

Carbody Inertial Air Filter

TWO
18O
TURNS

SINGLE
RIGHT
ANGLE
TURN

CLEAN
AIR
CLEAN
AIR
DIRTY
AIR

INDIVIDUALLY
SHAPED VANES

Camfil Farr DynaVane, with its

aerodynamic shape and precision
vane spacing, offers lower airflow
resistance and higher efficiency.

DIRTY
AIR

STAMPED
LOUVRES

Louvre-type is less efficent with

higher airflow resistance. Close
louvre spacing plugs easily.

Extensive tests were conducted on factory

production air cleaners manufactured by
Camfil Farr and a competitor. These tests were
conducted in the Camfil Farr Research Laboratory
and Test Facilities. The Camfil Farr DynaVane
Inertial Air Cleaner proved superior in five key
areas
(1) sturdier construction, (2) lower airflow
resistance, (3) higher efficiency, (4) balanced
bleed duct airflows, and (5) effective water
separation. Outside appearances are very similar,
the results prove that its whats inside that counts.
1. HEAVY-DUTY CONSTRUCTION The Camfil
Farr DynaVanes sturdy construction, with its
heavy angle iron frame and CorTen vanes,
offers a long-life advantage. Resistance welded,
self-supporting cells, as used in competitive
louvre-type air cleaners, are often subject to
vibration and handling damage.

WIDE VANE SPACING FOR HIGHER

EFFICIENCY AND LONGER SERVICE LIFE

WIDE BLEED SLOT

LARGER
DUST
BIN

AIR ENTRY

CONTOURED VANE DESIGN GIVES SMOOTH

LAMINAR AIRFLOW WITH LOW PRESSURE DROP

RAIN &
MOISTURE
GUTTER

DynaVane cell showing fully curved vanes with 19 openings for lower airflow resistance.
NARROW BLEED SLOT
OPENING EASILY PLUGS
WITH DIRT AND SOOT

AIR ENTRY

ONLY 13 AIR EXIT OPENINGS AND NARROW VANE SPACING MEAN UNIT WILL
PLUG MORE RAPIDLY

A PLUGGED BLEED SLOT

MEANS ZERO EFFICIENCY
ON THAT CELL

Cross-section of competitive cell showing small dust bin opening and simple less efficient louvre design.

Camfil Farr

Product Sheet

DynaVane - RPD1003-06-04
Camfil Farr - Railroad Products

DynaVane
Carbody Inertial Air Filter

The remaining carbody air, which is over 20,000

CFM on a typical road locomotive, is used to
cool the generators, traction motors, and
electrical components. Extra dirt penetration
into these costly components will cause
increased maintenance expenses.
4. CAMFIL FARR BALANCED BLEED DUCT
AIRFLOW Camfil Farr DynaVane air cleaners,
with their tuned bleed airflow, and over-size
dust bin, provide higher efficiencies at all throttle settings. Lateral bleed imbalances of 50% to
60% were noted on competitive unit tested.
5. EFFECTIVE
WATER
SEPARATION

DynaVanes specially designed water dams and

gutters prevent re-entrainment and carry-over of
water from the bottom pan. The competitive unit
was not observed to remove any water.

5.0
EMD SERVICE LIMIT
Typical airflow
per cell in
Run 8

4.0

3.3" w.g.@1350 CFM

3.0

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65% higher
initial resistance

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RESISTANCE (ins.w.g.)

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2.0

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3. HIGHER EFFICIENCY On both high and low

airflow tests, using a MK III Pilat (U of W) Source
Tests Cascade Impactor and isokinetically sampling the clean air output, the DynaVane Air
Cleaner proved to be more efficient overall. 65%
more dust penetrated the competitive unit than
the DynaVane. This additional penetration greatly shortens the life of bag or pleated media filters which utilize approximately 10,000 CFM of
air entering the carbody. Diode banks and
other electrical components are also adversely
affected by any dirt penetration.

Airflow Resistance

YN

1.0
500

1000

2.0" w.g.
@1350 CFM

1350 1500
AIRFLOW (CFM)

2000

Gravimetric Efficiency Comparison (SACFD)

90

EFFICIENCY (%)

2. LOWER AIRFLOW RESISTANCE Competitive

airflow resistance at 1350 CFM (2294 m3/h), is
65% higher than the DynaVane. This higher initial
resistance means that cleaning must be
scheduled more often. Fuel costs increase due
to the higher airflow restriction at the turbo and
traction motor blower inlets.

SPECIFY CAMFIL FARR DYNAVANES ON YOUR

NEXT NEW LOCOMOTIVE PURCHASE. ITS
THE PREMIUM QUALITY AIR CLEANER AT NO
PREMIUM PRICE.

Camfil Farr

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70

60

65.6% additional dirt

penetration reduces
life of engine filters
and electric components

500

Industrial Products Division

Tel.: 1-800-976-9382 or (450) 629-3030
Fax: (450) 662-6035
E-mail: IPD@camfilfarr.com
www.camfilfarr.com

1000
1500
INLET AIRFLOW (CFM)

Represented by:

2000