Predicting Tool for Cyclone Separator with Simple Mathematical Model using RSM Vasan A. Mercy*, Gopalakrishnan V.**,*****, Prasanna N.***, Vivekanandan M.**** *Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirapalli, India **Senior Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.A.M. College Of Engineering *****Former Executive Director, BHEL, Tiruchirapalli, India ***Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, India ****Research Scholar, Department of Energy, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirapalli, India Online published on 14 October, 2016. Abstract In the past decade, energy researchers have gradually shifted focus from conservation of non-renewable energy resources towards exploring prospective renewable energy resources. Though encouraging strides have been made in this direction, 90% of the world's power demand is still met by thermal power plants. The Indian power sector is no exception and still relies on conventional steam power plants using coal as a fuel, pollution being the major drawback. The recent CFBC technology has revolutionized combustion by its reduced Sox and NOx emissions and fuel flexibility. The cyclone separator on the counter current side of flow plays a major role in eliminating particulate emission by trapping elutriated fines and re-circulating them to the bottom bed. Research on cyclone separator has received limited focus despite running problems encountered in terms of wear and reduction in pressure. This work concentrates on reducing the industrial time required for arriving at an optimized design that offers low wear rate and reduced pressure drop. A mathematical model is developed for both pressure drop and wear rate using Response surface methodology (RSM), and this model is compared with simulated results and also with the basic prediction methods like Newton's forward formula, Newton's backward formula etc.. Criteria like GOF, SDS, and APD are used for comparison. Using these criteria, accuracy and precision have been calculated. A predicting tool has been developed using Visual studio with.exe format, which is user friendly software, easily supports all available operating systems and can be easily installed with single click. Top Keywords Cyclone separator, REPDS, mathematical model, predicting tool, RSM, Pressure drop, Wear Rate. Top |