APPLICATION OF THE COOLING EFFECT OF THE RANQUE-HILSCH VORTEX ENERGY SEPARATION DURING THE FINAL CLEANING OF THE EXHAUST GASES OF AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE FROM SOLID CARBON PARTICLES
The article considers the process of formation of temperature regimes for ensuring condensation of water vapor on the surface of the heat exchanger for the possibility of contact capture of the most harmful to human ultrafine solid particles in the additional system of purification of exhaust gases of the car. To cool the elements of the heat exchanger, it is proposed to use a reliable and inexpensive device for vortex energy separation Rank-Hilsch (Ranque-Hilsch). To achieve this goal, a structural scheme for combining the elements of the engine exhaust gas purification system with the additional purification device is proposed. This made it possible to formulate a thermal calculation equation that determines the condition for the formation of condensate on the elements of the heat exchanger for the absorption of solid particles. The process of condensation of water from the exhaust gases of the engine is commensurate quantitatively with the fuel consumption and can be used in the future in the process of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and increasing the thermal efficiency of the engine.