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Air-to-cloth ratio

Description

The air-to-cloth ratio is the volumetric flow rate of air flowing through a dust collector’s inlet duct divided by the total cloth area in the filters. (A dust collector is a system used to enhance the quality of air released from industrial and commercial processes by collecting dust and other impurities from air or gas). The result is expressed in units of velocity. The air-to-cloth ratio is typically between 1.5 and 3.5 metres per minute, mainly depending on the concentration of dust loading. (Volumetric flow rate is the volume of fluid which passes per unit time)

Related formulas

Variables

vAir-to-cloth ratio (m/s)
QThe Volumetric flow rate (Volume of air through the surface per unit time) (m3/s)
AThe total cloth area in the filters (m2)