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Introduction hand book on GM locomotive February 2006
placed behind the turbine blades these provide a
smooth transition path for the gas to flow, there by
eliminating turbulance. Then exhaust gases are
expelled out through exhaust duct. A built in
aspirator tube provided in exhaust ducts contains
an “eductor tube” which provide suction in the
engine crank case and maintains vacuum in the
engine crankcase.
c) Impeller with diffuser: - On the other end of the
rotor assembly, an impeller (compressor) with a
diffuser ring is provided. The impeller induces a
partial vacuum in the air inlet casing. The impeller
inducer draws air from the clean air room where the
clean air available after passing through cyclonic air
inlet filter and secondary through a baggy type fibre
glass secondary filter. The air drawn by the blower
is compressed in the blower causing and presses
through a compressor diffuser directs the flow of
compressed air to provide a smooth air delivery
which is free from turbulance.
Inertial Air Intake Filter
The inertial air inlet filters are cyclonic types consisting
of many filter tubes mounted in a single assembly. The
reduction in pressure in the clean air compartment causes the
outside air to rush through the filters to fill the depression. As
the air passes
through the filter
tubes and
stationary vanes in
the intake throats
imparts a spinning
motion to the air.
By spinning
motion dirt
particles are
thrown to the outer wall of the tube by a centrifugal force.
These particles are carried to he bleeds duct (dustbin), where