Effect on the Pressure Drop of Cyclones

While there are several schools of thought regarding the exact mechanism behind the effect of solids loading on separation efficiency, the effect of loading on cyclone pressure drop is somewhat less contentious. 

Worked examples for using these two models to predict the effect of loading on pressure drop are given in Appendix 9.B, where the predictions of the models are also compared with the experimental results in Fig. 9.1.5. 

Gil et al. compared a number of relations for predicting the effect of solids loading on cyclone efficiency and pressure drop. For the efficiency they found that the model of Muschelknautz (MM, see Chap. 6) predicted the effect exceptionally well. 

For the pressure drop they compared not only the models of Smolik and Muschelknautz with their experimental results, but also the empirical models of Briggs (1946)  

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