“ASPHALT-CONCRETE PRODUCTION: A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF GAS-DUST MIXTURE CLEANING EQUIPMENT”

Abstract

In this study, the efficiency of the gas–dust mixture cleaning process was investigated. A five-stage systematic analysis model for evaluating gas– dust cleaning equipment was developed in the MATLAB environment. The model takes into account particle size distribution, hydrodynamic parameters of the gas flow, liquid-to-gas ratio, and rotor rotation speed. Vertical and horizontal types of equipment were compared based on parametric analysis. The calculation results were analyzed, revealing that the horizontal-type apparatus demonstrates higher cleaning efficiency and relatively lower energy consumption under asphalt-concrete production conditions.