The Efficiency Coefficient of a Separator with String Orifices

The Efficiency Coefficient of a Separator with String Orifices 

The body of a string droplet catcher consists of a set of separating packages (sections), each of which is composed of rows of frames with stretched threads made from wire, nylon, etc. The threads are oriented parallel to gravity and perpendicular to gas flow. Frames and packages are placed in series. 

As before, we understand the coefficient of efficiency (CE) to be the ratio of the amount (volume) of the liquid phase caught by a droplet catcher, to the amount of the liquid phase at the entrance 

The value of tj depends on gas velocity, volume concentration and dispersiveness of the liquid phase, geometrical size of the droplet catcher section, pressure, temperature etc. 

Denote by Ki the ablation coefficient of the f-th frame. Since frames in the package are connected in series, according to (18.5), the CE of a package consisting of N frames is 

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