Scrubbing theory, and concept evaluation and flow simulation of one-inlet cyclone for Clean Marine AS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects which can occur if Clean Marine changes their cyclone design to have one inlet instead of two. The reason for this is that Clean Marine consider changing their scrubber layout due to concerns regarding its size and footprint. Different cyclone concepts have been evaluated, and one was chosen for further investigation. CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) has been used to assist in analyzing the new cyclone suggestion, and comparing it with the current two-inlet cyclone design.

Formålet med denne studien er å undersøke effektene som kan oppstå hvis Clean Marine velger å endre sitt syklondesign til å ha ett innløp istedenfor to. Bakgrunnen for dette er at Clean Marine vurderer å endre scrubber-designet deres med et ønske om å utnytte tilgjengelig plass på skipet mer effektivt. Ulike syklonkonsepter har blitt evaluert, hvorav én ble valgt for videre analyse med hjelp av CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). Simuleringsresulatene har blitt sammenlignet med en syklon med to innløp.