Design And Development Of Automotive Automatic Air Filter Cleaner

Abstract

For Any Engine There A Necessity To Prevent The Impurities From Air So That Engine Should Run Smoothly So For That We Are Using Air Filter. The Air Filters In An Air Intake System Permanently Remove Foreign Particles Such As Dust, Dirt And Soot From The Intake Air, Thereby Maintaining The Performance Of The Engine And Protecting It From Damage. Proper Maintenance Can Help Vehicles Perform As Designed, Thereby Positively Affecting Fuel Economy, Emissions, And Overall Drivability. Because This Air Filter Has To Be Cleaned For Every 1500 Km. In Ethiopia It Is Observed That The Air Filter Cleaning Causing Air Pollution, Affecting Human Health, Consuming More Human Power And Leading To The Wastage Of Time. So In This Context It Is Aimed To Design Air Filter Cleaning System Which Helps In Minimizing The Problems Mentioned. The Activities Performed In This Work Are Like Designing, Modeling, Analyzing And Producing Prototype Of The New System. The New Air Filter Cleaner Bench Had Been Designed. The Designed Parts Are Modeled In Catia V5 By Using Tube Of 25*25mm And 2 Or 3mm Thickness And 2mm Sheet Metal. The Other Parts Of Cleaner Bench Are Selected From Standards. There For Ac Motor; Bolts, Round Head Screws Bearing And Hose Are Selected From Standards. After The Parts Designed And Modeled The Finite Element Analysis Was Done Using Ansys 18.1 Workbench In Order To Find Out How The Cleaner Bench Parts React For Operation Loads. From The Results Of Fea, It Is Apparent That The Stresses Induced In The Components Are Less And The Factor Of Safety Is Also Well Above The Limit. Also The Von Mises Stresses Are Less Than Ultimate Strength For The Material. Thus The Design Of Cleaner Bench Components Is Durable. The Use Of Ansys Software Makes The Process Of Calculation Fast And Several Iterations Are Permissible To Arrive At The Best Possible Results. The Results Are Relevant Provided The Assumptions And Boundary Conditions Are Perfect. After Analysis And 3d And 2d Drawing Developed, The Prototype Of Air Filter Was Fabricated And Tested. From Testing It Is Observed Only 4minutes Of Time It Takes To Clean (Or Remove All Dirty Particles) For Toyota ?�?Hilux Air Filter.