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The cabin air filter is typically a pleated-paper filter that is placed in the outside-air intake for the vehicle's passenger compartment. Some of these filters are rectangular and similar in shape to the combustion air filter. Others are uniquely shaped to fit the available space of particular vehicles' outside-air intakes. Being a relatively recent addition to automobile equipment, this filter is often overlooked [1], and can greatly reduce the effectiveness of the vehicles air conditioning and heating performance. Clogged or dirty cabin air filters can significantly reduce airflow from the cabin vents, as well as introduce allergens into the cabin air stream. The poor performance of these filters is obscured by manufacturers by not using the MERV rating system. Some people mistakenly believe that some of these are HEPA filters.
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| Internal combustion air filters | 2>
The combustion air filter prevents abrasive particulate matter from entering the engine's cylinders, where it would cause mechanical wear and oil contamination. Most fuel injected vehicles use a pleated paper filter element in the form of a flat panel. This filter is usually placed inside a plastic box connected to the throttle body with ductwork. Older vehicles that use carburetors or throttle body fuel injection typically use a cylindrical air filter, usually a few inches high and between 6 inches (150 mm) and 16 inches (410 mm) in diameter. This is positioned above the carburetor or throttle body, usually in a metal or plastic container which may incorporate ducting to provide cool and/or warm inlet air, and secured with a metal or plastic lid.
[edit] | Tags: Long Life Filtration System | 3>
In 2003 Ford Motor company introduced the Visteon Long Life Filtration System to the Ford Focus.[1] Visteon Corp This system has a foam filter placed in the bumper of the car and is stated to have a 150,000-mile (240,000 km) service interval.[1] According to a technical paper published by Society of Automotive Engineers, this design offers higher and more stable filtration efficiency than conventional air filters.[1]
[edit] | Tags: Paper | 3>
Main article: Filter paper
Pleated paper filter elements are the nearly exclusive choice for automobile engine air cleaners, because they are efficient, easy to service, and cost-effective. The "paper" term is somewhat misleading, as the filter media are considerably different from papers used for writing or packaging, etc. There is a persistent belief amongst tuners, fomented by advertising for aftermarket non-paper replacement filters, that paper filters flow poorly and thus restrict engine performance. In fact, as long as a pleated-paper filter is sized appropriately for the airflow volumes encountered in a particular application, such filters present only trivial restriction to flow until the filter has become significantly clogged with dirt. Construction equipment engines also use this.
[edit] | Tags: Foam | 3>
Oil-wetted polyurethane foam elements are used in some aftermarket replacement automobile air filters. Foam was in the past widely used in air cleaners on small engines on lawnmowers and other power equipment, but automotive-type paper filter elements have largely supplanted oil-wetted foam in these applications. Depending on the grade and thickness of foam employed, an oil-wetted foam filter element can offer minimal airflow restriction or very high dirt capacity, the latter property making foam filters a popular choice in off-road rallying and other motorsport applications where high levels of dust will be encountered.
[edit] | Tags: Cotton | 3>
Oiled cotton gauze is employed in a growing number of aftermarket automotive air filters marketed as high-performance items. In the past, cotton gauze saw limited use in original-equipment automotive air filters. However, since the introduction of the Abarth SS versions, the Fiat subsidiary supplies cotton gauze air filters as OE filters.
[edit] | Tags: Oil Bath | 3>
An oil bath air cleaner consists of a sump containing a pool of oil, and an insert which is filled with fibre, mesh, foam, or another coarse filter media. When the cleaner is assembled, the media-containing body of the insert sits a short distance above the surface of the oil pool. The rim of the insert overlaps the rim of the sump. This arrangement forms a labyrinthine path through which the air must travel in a series of U-turns: up through the gap between the rims of the insert and the sump, down through the gap between the outer wall of the insert and the inner wall of the sump, and up through the filter media in the body of the insert. This U-turn takes the air at high velocity across the surface of the oil pool. Larger and heavier dust and dirt particles in the air cannot make the turn due to their inertia, so they fall into the oil and settle to the bottom of the base bowl. Lighter and smaller particles are trapped by the filtration media in the insert, which is wetted by oil droplets aspirated there into by normal airflow.
Oil bath air cleaners were very widely used in automotive and small engine applications until the widespread industry adoption of the paper filter in the early 1960s. Such cleaners are still used in off-road equipment where very high levels of dust are encountered, for oil bath air cleaners can sequester a great deal of dirt relative to their overall size without loss of filtration efficiency or airflow. However, the liquid oil makes cleaning and servicing such air cleaners messy and inconvenient, they must be relatively large to avoid excessive restriction at high airflow rates, and they tend to increase exhaust emissions of unburned hydrocarbons due to oil aspiration when used on spark-ignition engines.[citation needed]
[edit] | Tags: Filter classes | 2>
European Normalisation standards recognise the following filter classes: [2]
Usage
Class
Peformance
Performance test
Particulate size
approaching 100% retention
Test Standard
Primary filters
G1
65%
Average value
>5 µm
BS EN779
G2
65-80%
Average value
>5 µm
BS EN779
G3
80-90%
Average value
>5 µm
BS EN779
G4
90%->
Average value
>5 µm
BS EN779
Secondary filters
F5
40-60%
Average value
>5 µm
BS EN779
F6
60-80%
Average value
>2 µm
BS EN779
F7
80-90%
Average value
>2 µm
BS EN779
F8
90-95%
Average value
>1 µm
BS EN779
F9
95%->
Average value
>1 µm
BS EN779
Semi Hepa
H10
85%
Minimum value
>1 µm
BS EN1822
H11
95%
Minimum value
>0.5 µm
BS EN1822
H12
99.5%
Minimum value
>0.5 µm
BS EN1822
Hepa
H13
99.95%
Minimum value
>0.3 µm
BS EN1822
H14
99.995%
Minimum value
>0.3 µm
BS EN1822
[edit] | Tags: See also | 2>
Air purifier
Clean Air Delivery Rate
Cyclonic separation
HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air)
Impingement filter
Nose filter
Oil filter
Respirator
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ a b c "Performance and Benefits of Zero Maintenance Air Induction Systems". Society of Automotive Engineers. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.122.3342&rep=rep1&type=pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
^ "Filter selection and performance". Filtration Engineering Ltd. http://www.filtration-engineering.co.uk/filter_selection_performance.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
[edit] | Tags: External links | 2>
Comparative filtration efficacy and airflow tests for different types of automotive air filter elements
A detailed report concerning air pollution in India and the technologies being employed to help
Engineered Systems Magazine Filter Selection: A Standard Procedure (June 2000) MERV designations (Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value)
ASHRAE
Filter Manufacturers Council bulletin on cleaning heavy duty air filter elements
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