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Tab. 1: Survey of measurement points within the Aramco standard test rig
1
Intermediate
compressed
air tank
Compresso
with air drier
3
Controller
blow tube
diaphragme
valve
Diaphragme valve
5
+
6
Test duct
Section for
dust sampling
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4)
5)
6)
Blow tube/pipes
Test duct
Test section for dust sampling/dust
sampler system
7) Dust Injection System (ejector)
8) Differential pressure measurement
system (for the filter)
9) Fan (suction mode)
10) Steam vaporizer for humidification
The different modules are shown in the
table 2 (below) in more detail.
All components of the resulting test rig
are connected to the central control computer. The software program aquires all
data and controls different components
like the frequency controlled fan for automatic adjustment of the volume rate to the
specified value. Further on test dust generation, pressure pulsing and sampling of the
dust on the upstream side (clean gas) of
the test filters is done automatically within
one test phase according the Aramco standard. Only the change of the sampled filters for the gravimetrical determination of
the test dust in the clean gas has to be done
manually at the defined time intervalls by
the operator.
By the central computer the measured
data are controlled against special limits
(for instance upper pressure drop). If this
limit value is reached the test is stopped
automatically and the operator is informed
by an alarm signal. A picture of the screen
of the software control program is shown
in figure 1.
Test dust
containment
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Controller unit
8
Differential
pressure
transmitter
Measuring points
Mass flow
controller
(dust sampl.)
10
Steam vaporizer
(front outside of test chamber)
The data measured by the different sensors in the test bench are acquired by the
central control computer at a rate of about
5/min. A resulting table is arranged to a
continous time scale to which the data of
each sensor are included in the according
columns. The data are broken down by
each of the five test phases and stored in a
csv-file, which is transferred into an
Excel file-format which can easily be
edited for the following data analysis.
To validate the semi-automated filter
test procedure adapted according the standard 32-SAMSS-O08, two equal tests for
the same type of an inlet air filter were
carried out at the DMT and at the Bilfinger
Gerber test rig. This first validation test on
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Fig. 2: Comparison particle size distibution of the test dust with the dispersed test dust sampled
from the raw gas in the test rig
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Bilfinger Gerber and DMT closely cooperate in the examination of filter performance for other customer. Therefore, the
cooperation is based on a secrecy agreement between both parties which secures
confidentiality of all information within
third party testing.
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