ABSTRACT
The implementation of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments will force cotton gins to reduce particulate matter emissions. The first-stage lint cleaner is the emitting point of a gin with the highest emission rate of fine dust. Kasper et al. (1993) designed a new 1D-2D low pressure cyclone which could be retrofitted onto the axial-flow fan exhaust from the first-stage lint cleaner. Performance data of this cyclone and research results of a "bleed" system at the cyclone's dust outlet are reported.
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