recordGeneric

Generic data record for air filters

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Information

Record that contains performance parameters for air filters.

It is used as a template of performance data for the filter models in Buildings.Fluid.AirFilters.

The default value for the flow exponent is set to m=0.85, which is the average of the inverse of the value a in Li et al., 2022.

The filter flow resistance model increases the pressure drop based on the mass accumulated in the filter. This is computed in Buildings.Fluid.AirFilters.BaseClasses.PressureDropWithVaryingFlowCoefficient using the input dpCor = b^M, where M is the dimensionless ratio of the mass that is accumulated, with M=0 for a clean filter and M=1 for a filter that accumulated the mass mCon_max. If dpCor=2, at the nominal mass flow rate m_flow_nominal, there will be twice the pressure drop compared to dp_nominal. Hence, the achieve this, set b=2.

References

Qiang Li ta al., (2022). Experimental study on the synthetic dust loading characteristics of air filters. Separation and Purification Technology 284 (2022), 120209.

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Realm0.85Flow exponent, so that m_flow_nominal/ dp_nominal^m = m_flow/ dp^m. Set m=0.5 for turbulent, m=1 for laminar
String[:]namCon{"CO2"}Contaminant names
Buildings.Fluid.AirFilters.Data.Characteristics.FiltrationEfficiencyParameters[size(namCon, 1)]filEffParFiltration efficiency of each contaminant versus the relative mass of all captured contaminants
Realb2.0Resistance coefficient (multiplier for pressure drop if filter is fully dirty)
Nominal condition
Modelica.Units.SI.MassFlowRatem_flow_nominalNominal air mass flow rate
Modelica.Units.SI.PressureDifferencedp_nominal200Nominal pressure drop
Filter accumulated mass
Modelica.Units.SI.MassmCon_maxMaximum mass of the contaminant that can be captured by the filter
Modelica.Units.SI.MassmCon_start0Initial contaminant mass of the filter after replacement

Revisions

  • June 27, 2023, by Sen Huang:
    First implementation.