Cyclone separators dimensions

Centrifugal Separation Centrifugal force can be utilized to enhance particle collection to several hundredfold that of gravity. The design of cyclone separators for dust removal is treated in detail in Sec. 17 under Gas-Solids Separations, and typical cyclone designs are shown in Fig. 17-43. Dimension ratios for one family of cyclones are given in Fig. 17-36. Cyclones, if carefully designed, can be more efficient on hquids than on solids since liquids coalesce on capture and are easy to drain from the unit. However, some precautions not needed for solid cyclones are necessary to prevent reentrainment. 

The sizing procedure is presented in Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems (AIChE-CCPS, 1998). Figure 23-53 shows the dimensions of a cyclone separator designed in accordance with this procedure. If liquid is continuously drained from the cyclone to a separate accumulator, a vortex breaker and false bottom should be used (Fig. 23-53, view BB). 

Figure 18.9. Typical dimension ratios of a cyclone separator.

In order to improve this separation and to obtain a good mass balance, we decided to study the both extraction of butylacetate or xylenes. Cyclonic separators has been built in our laboratory, they are supposed to have a good efficiency but at this moment there are no data in the litterature to calculate such separators. The dimensions and the geometry are determined so the operating parameters were temperature and pressure if we suppose we have no transfer problems, we have also enough equilibrium thermodynamic data. The results are summarized on table 1. 

Vatavuk (1990) pointed out that a key dimension in the sizing of a cyclone is the inlet area. Properly designed cyclones can remove nearly every particle in the 20-30 micron range. Typically, cyclone separators have efficiencies in the range of 70-90%. Because of the low efficiency of these units, they are often used as a first stage of dust collection, or are referred to as primary collectors. 

Liquid Knockout Drum (Empty) 618 Knockout Drum with Wire Mesh Deentrainer 620 Size and Capacity of Cyclone Separators 621 Dimensions and Weight of a Horizontal Pressure Drum 628... 

Chemical engineering processes involve the transport and transfer of momentum, energy, and mass. Momentum transfer is another word for fluid flow, and most chemical processes involve pumps and compressors, and perhaps centrifuges and cyclone separators. Energy transfer is used to heat reacting streams, cool products, and run distillation columns. Mass transfer involves the separation of a mixture of chemicals into separate streams, possibly nearly pure streams of one component. These subjects were unified in 1960 in the first edition of the classic book. Transport Phenomena (Bird et al., 2002). This chapter shows how to solve transport problems that are one-dimensional that is, the solution is a function of one spatial dimension. Chapters 10 and 11 treat two- and three-dimensional problems. The one-dimensional problems lead to differential equations, which are solved using the computer. 

Both the models of Smolik and Zenz predict cyclone separation efficiency as a function of loading purely from knowledge of the efficiency at low loading and the loading itself. Physical and operational factors, such as cyclone geometry and size, solids size distribution and density, inlet velocity and other operating conditions, are not included in these models, and the effect of these parameters is thus not thought to be of primary importance. In the Muschelknautz model, on the other hand, the inlet velocity, the cyclone dimensions, and the mean size and density of the inlet solids all feature. 

There are a number of different forms of cyclone but the reverse flow cyclone represented in Fig. 1 is the most common design used in the industry. The cyclone consists of four main parts the inlet, the separation chamber, the dust chamber and the vortex finder. Tangential inlets are preferred for the separation of solid particles from gases [1]. In this study, the numerical simulation deals with the standard case of reverse flow cyclone with a tangential rectangular inlet. Cyclone dimension used in this simulation are as shown in Table 1. 

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