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3. FILTER CALCULATION /
SIZING
3.1 SINGLE PASS FILTRATION
PERFORMANCE DATA FOR AIR
FILTER ELEMENTS
The following separation values were
established under real-life simulated
conditions.
This means that the selected velocity
of the ow against the lter mesh-pack
was 20 cm/s and the contamination
added was 40 mg/m³ of ISO MTD test
dust.
Filtration Retention For particle Filter
rating value d... size material
10 µm d 80 0.25 µm
d 100 0.84 µm
BN
20 µm d 80 0.36 µm
d 100 1.21 µm
10 µm d 80 1.49 µm
P
d 100 9.56 µm
The d 80 value refers to the particle
size which is ltered out at a rate
of 80% during the retention test.
The particle size determined by this
method is called the nominal ltration
rating of the air lter. The d 100
value therefore refers to the particle
size which is ltered out at a rate of
100% during the single pass test.
The particle size determined by this
method is called the absolute ltration
rating of the air lter.
Table of average dust concentrations
in real life:
Urban regions with 3-7 mg/m³ air
a low level of industry
General mechanical 9-23 mg/m³ air
engineering
Construction industry 8-35 mg/m³ air
(wheeled vehicles)
Construction industry 35-100 mg/m³ air
(tracked vehicles)
Heavy industry 50-70 mg/m³ air
3.2 DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE
ACROSS BREATHER FILTER
The differential pressure (with clean
element) for the various lter sizes is
shown in the graphs under Point 3.4.
∆p [bar]
Q [l/min]
BL 82
∆p [bar]
Q [l/min]
BL 162
3.4 AIR FLOW RATE
3.3 SIZING GUIDELINES
The rate at which contamination enters
a hydraulic system can be considerably
reduced by using efcient tank breather
ltration.
CAUTION:
Incorrectly sized tank breather lters
can place additional strain on the
system and reduce the service life of
hydraulic lter elements.
For optimum sizing the following
should therefore be observed:
Filtration rating of breather lter ≤
ltration rating of hydraulic lter
Only use breather lters with an
absolute retention rate (d100≤ x µm;
x = given ltration rating)
Max. permitted initial pressure drop:
0.01 bar (with a clean lter element
and at calculated air ow)
Determining the calculated air ow:
Q
A
= f5 x Q
p
Q
A
=calculated air ow in l
N
/min
f5=factor for operating conditions
Q
p
=max. ow rate of the
hydraulic pump in l/min
Ambient conditions Factor f5
Low dust concentration;
lter tted with clogging indicator; 1-2
continuous monitoring of the lter
Average dust concentration;
lter without clogging indicator; 3-6
intermittent monitoring of the lter
High dust concentration;
lter without clogging indicator; 7-10
infrequent or no monitoring of the
lter