CFD Study on Inner Fluid Flow of Novel Hydrocyclone

Abstract:

Hydrocyclone has been increasingly used in mineral, food and chemical industrial processes as common solid-liquid separation equipment. Small-sized hydrocyclone is generally applied to separate fine particle which is hard to separate by conventional sized hydrocyclone. However, the separation efficiency could be reduced due to the limitations of inlet width and capacity in this case. A novel impeller hydrocyclone is designed to solve this problem, and the influences of impeller on inner fluid flow rate have been discussed by simulating fluid flow patterns using a common CFD software, FLUENT. The results show that increasing the speed of rotating blade section is an effective way to improve the particle separation efficiency due to the increase in centrifugal force.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 711)
• Pages: 338-343
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.711.338
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Ruo Feng Song, Yong Teng Yang, Lei Zhao, Fang Fang
• Keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluent, Hydrocyclone, Impeller, Solid-Liquid Separation

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