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Liquid‐liquid separations in a conventional hydrocyclone
Author(s) -
Sheng H. P.,
Welker J. R.,
Sliepcevich C. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450520409
Subject(s) - hydrocyclone , wetting , materials science , separation process , process engineering , chromatography , chemical engineering , mechanics , chemistry , engineering , composite material , physics
The performance of a conventional hydrocyclone for separation of immiscible liquids was investigated experimentally. The results are particularly useful for evaluation of multi‐cyclone process design of same system. The effect of materials of constructions of the hydrocyclone on the separation efficiency was also tested. Significant differences in performance were noted depending on the preferential wettability characteristics of the solid surfaces for the liquids being separated.