Settling Chamber: a design

approach
ADITYA PRANA ISWARA M.SC
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
An Overview
Long used by industry for removing solid or liquid
particles from gaseous streams, settling chambers have the
advantages of simple construction, low initial cost, low
maintenance, low pressure drop and simple disposal of
collected materials.
Limited to the removal of particles larger than about 40-
60 µm diameter
 Pre-cleaner for other particle control devices
 Settling Chamber Types

Simple expansion chamber

multiple-tray settling chamber

 Component; Momentum Separator

Momentum separators
cause the gas to
change directions
and add a downward
inertial force to
supplement the
gravitational force.
 Advance
Low Capital Cost Excellent Reliability
Very Low Energy Cost Low Pressure Drop
No Moving Parts Device Not Subject to Abrasion
Few Maintenance RequirementProvide Incidental Cooling of
Gas Stream
Low Operating Cost
Dry Collection and Disposal
Disadvantages
Relatively Low PM Collection Efficiencies
Unable to Handle Sticky Material
Large Physical Size
Trays in Multiple Tray Settling Chamber may Wrap
Dimension
 Performance evaluation
Collection Efficiency

Simple settling chamber

ηi: Collection efficiency for one size particle (fractional)

tr: residence time
tsi: particle settling time
 Chamber Residence Time

Vg: gas velocity (m/sec)

Q: gas flow rate (m3/sec)
L: Chamber length (m)
Particle Settling Time
W: Chamber width (m)
H: Chamber height (m)
Vt: Particle terminal Settling
Velocity (m/sec)
Collection Efficiency for Single
Particle
 Collection Efficiency for Single
Particle
if

Vt: particle terminal settling velocity (m/sec)

g: acceleration of particle due to gravity (m/sec2)
ρp: Particle density (kg/m3)
µg: gas viscosity (kg/m.sec)
dp: physical particle diameter (m)
Calculating Dimension
Dimension

Your Task until Midterm is:

Find how to calculate L, W and Nc

Collected at Oct 19th

Example
Estimate collection efficiency of a 75 µm diameter
particle in a simple settling chamber with 3m wide
by 2m high by 6 m long when gas velocity via
chamber is 7 m/s. Assuming a particle density is 70
kg/m3 and gas stream condition of 60oC and 1 atm.
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