Performance Characteristics of Pleated Air Filter Associated with Internal Combustion Engine

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1 Department of Vehicles and Tractors Technology, Faculty of Industrial Education, Helwan University.

2 Department of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Technology, Faculty of Industrial Education, Helwan University, 11282 Cairo, Egypt.

3 Department of Mechanical Power, Faculty of Industrial Education, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

10.21608/erjsh.2020.405702

Abstract

This paper experimentally and numerically addressed the performance characteristics of pleated air filter with
different parameters. The main objective is to enhance the I.C engine performance. The studied parameters are; pleat
height, pleat spacing, media thickness, air velocity, and consume fuel. Experiments are done with air velocity from 1 to
5 m/s whereas the fuel volume was constant at 25x10-6 liter. Three different types of filters are explored as; loaded filter,
standard filter, and optimized filter. Modeling of pleated air filter is designed using FLUENT 14.5 code. Filter media is
developed as a porous zone. The results revealed that; the optimized pleated air filter provides a lower fuel consumption
rate in comparing with standard filter and loaded filters.

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