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Effect of Inlet Diameter on the Performance of a Filtering Hydrocyclone Separator
Author(s) -
Vieira Luiz G. M.,
Silva Danylo O.,
Barrozo Marcos A. S.
Publication year - 2016
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.201500724
Subject(s) - hydrocyclone , arithmetic underflow , inlet , separator (oil production) , conical surface , mechanics , computational fluid dynamics , materials science , engineering , petroleum engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science , physics , thermodynamics , programming language
An innovative hydrocyclone was designed, in which a conical filtering wall replaces the conical section, producing another liquid stream leaving the equipment, besides underflow and overflow streams. The influence of the inlet diameter of a filtering hydrocyclone was analyzed by an experimental and computational fluid dynamics study. Data from conventional hydrocyclones of the same configurations were also obtained. Under identical operating conditions and geometry, the filtering hydrocyclone presented a better performance than the conventional device. Under the experimental conditions evaluated, an about twofold increase in inlet diameter reduces the Euler number significantly.