Development of a mathematical model to predict clean water head losses in hydrocyclone filters in drip irrigation systems using dimensional analysis
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Hüseyin YÜRDEM, V. Demir, Adnan DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU
Biosystems Engineering, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2010, vol 105, pp 495-506
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.02.001
Summary
A model was developed using dimensional analysis, to predict head losses in hydrocyclone filters. Different hydrocyclone filters with different specifications were used to measure head losses at different flow rates in the laboratory. The parameters influencing head losses were considered to be the inside diameters of the inlet and outlet pipes, cylindrical section diameter of the filter, apex diameter of the conical part, cylindrical section length of the filter, conical section length of the filter body, length of the outlet (vortex finder) pipe, water velocity in inlet pipe, acceleration of gravity, kinematic viscosity of water.