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Optimization of Design and Performance of Solid‐Liquid Separators: A Thickener Hydrocyclone
Author(s) -
Silva Danylo O.,
Vieira Luiz G. M.,
Barrozo Marcos A. S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201300464
Subject(s) - hydrocyclone , arithmetic underflow , process engineering , response surface methodology , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , mechanics , chromatography , physics , programming language
Studies on hydrocyclones have evolved over recent years and various configurations of this device have been proposed in the literature for different purposes. Herein, an innovative geometrical configuration of hydrocyclones was developed by means of the response surface technique, combined with an optimization algorithm and supported by a computational fluid dynamics complementary study. The results obtained with these optimization techniques were validated by experimental data. The optimized hydrocyclone configuration is characterized by low energy consumption, i.e., low Euler number, with a small underflow‐to‐throughput ratio and can be used as a thickener hydrocyclone.