Puesta en operación e instalación de toma de datos en tiempo real del banco hidrociclón de laboratorio de turbomaquinaria hidráulica de la Facultad de Mecánica.

Abstract

The particles filtration processes are very used for their efficiency in the separation, its minimum environmental pollution and low cost of maintenance, therefore, an automatization of taking data acquisition in real time of hydro cyclone bank by LABVIEW software which will facilitates in a practical way knowing the behaviour of physical variables that intervene in their operation, and afterward the simulation in the Fluid Simulation software about its functioning. The essential principles of hydro cyclone are detailed that are used for the particles separation, detailing their separation zones, classifying and components. It was carried out the repowering of constitutive elements of hydro cyclone bank such as bomb, reservoir, valves, pipes, structure, couplers, and electrical connections. The components and instruments for the automatization of bank were selected, detailing its main characteristics and subsequently to the Installing a DAQ card, pressure sensors, flow sensor and other components required for the automatization in which are described procedures and recommendations for the installation of these components. Later it is done the programming in the LabVIEW software with a friendly graphic language for the operator in order to facilitate the bank operation in which it acquires the pressure and flow data in real time for generating the report with the respective graphics according to the time. It was conducted the simulation in Fluid Simulation SOLIDWORKS software in order to observe how is the internal functioning of hydro cyclone and that into its walls exists the great effort due to the flow pressure. The grain size distribution of sand curves was elaborated determining that the physical properties of sand not changed to the recirculation moment and that major efficiencies of separation exist for low-pressure differences. Finally, it was elaborated a manual of functioning and maintenance of bank with the objective to increase the useful life, also it is conducted a lab guide for the practical implementation with students in order to reinforce their acquired knowledge in the classroom.