Despite the widespread use of fibrous filtration media made up of trilobal fibers (referred to as trilobal media here), no mathematical formulations have yet been developed to predict their collection efficiency or pressure drop. In this study, we model the cross-section of a trilobal fiber with three overlapping ellipses separated from one another by a 120° transformation. We generate 2-D mode...

A CFD technique for predicting the performance of axisymmetric packed bed filters has been developed. The effect on the pressure drop of a non-uniform voidage distribution within the filter bed has been modelled. A radial voidage distribution was derived from a predictive model based on a modified Mueller equation. The pressure loss through the bed was calculated from the Ergun equation, using ...

Residential air conditioning is responsible for a substantial amount of peak electrical demand and energy consumption throughout most of the United States. Coil fouling, the deposition of indoor dusts and other particulate matter on evaporator heat exchangers, increases system pressure drop and, correspondingly, decreases system air flow and air conditioner performance. In this paper, we apply ...