Ijert Ijert: Design and Analysis of Cyclone Seperator
Ijert Ijert: Design and Analysis of Cyclone Seperator
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ABSTRACT: The gas-solids cyclone separator is industrial geometrical ratios. By considering this geometric ratio’s
equipment that has been widely used. Due to its industrial the modeling of the cyclone done in solid works.
relevance, a large number of computational studies have been
reported in the literature aimed at understanding and
predicting the performance of cyclones in terms of pressure
and velocity variation. One of the approaches is to simulate
the gas-particle flow field in a cyclone by computational fluid
dynamics (CFD).
The cyclone performance parameters are governed
by many operational parameters (e.g., the gas flow rate and
temperature) and geometrical parameters. This study focuses
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only on the effect of the geometrical parameters on the flow
field pattern and performance of the tangential inlet cyclone
separators using, CFD approach. The objective of this study is
three-fold. First, to study the optimized stairmand’s design by
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2. GOVERNING EQUATIONS
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tetrahedron elements and 14577 nodes. Close the mesh and STEP 1: General > check mesh (To verify the mesh is
update the mesh in project schematic. correct or not) Enable pressure based type, absolute
velocity formulation and transient time steps.
3.1.3 SETUP
Double click on the fluent set up to set the Fig.3.1.9: inlet velocity boundary conditions.
simulation conditions. The software automatically
recognizes the 3d dimension. The display mesh after
reading, embed graphics windows and work bench color 3.2. Outlet
scheme must be enabled. Enable the double precision and Turbulence: specification method> k-ɛ model
serial processing options. Then click ok to open the fluent. Backflow Turbulence kinetic energy= 5 m2/s2
Backflow Turbulence dissipation rate=10 m2/s3
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3.3. Wall
Fig.3.1.13: set up for the calculation
Wall motion> stationary wall
Shear condition> no slip
3.1.4 SOLUTION
STEP 4: Solution methods
Residuals
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fig.3.1.17: the pressure and velocity graphs at different section along the `Pressure contours
y-axis.
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Fig 3.2.2 variation of velocity along the radial distance (x-axis) at z=0. Without collector With
3.2.2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS collector
The results are concluded that the cone height has Max pressure (pa) 418.5 403.4
significant effect on the performance of the cyclone. The Mini pressure (pa) -66.28 -55.11
Maxvelocity (m/s) 23.65 23.5
pressure in the cyclone varies along the X-axis as shown in Minivelocit (m/s) 0 0
the contours. The pressure first decreases and then Graphs: The graphs are drawn by taking the y-axis as
increases. The minimum pressure occurs at the mid section pressure/velocity and x-axis as radial distance along X
(x=0). The graph shows the variation in the pressure along
the radial direction. The curve is in U shape explains the
decrease and increase of pressure. The velocity in the
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cyclone first increase from the centre and then decreases at
the wall. The curve will be in M shape or reversed W
shape. The velocity is high at the middle portion of the
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Fig 3.3.4 variation of velocity along the radial distance (x-axis) at z=0.
Table 5: pressure and velocity readings Fig 3.4.2 variation of velocity along the radial distance (x-axis) at z=0.
a=12, a=10 , a=8, b=4
b=6 b=5 3.4.2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Max pressure (pa) 513.5 415.7 334.8
Mini pressure (pa) -102.9 -76.28 -46.68
The results are concluded that the cone height has
significant effect on the performance of the cyclone. The
Maxvelocity (m/s) 24.25 23.84 22.89 pressure in the cyclone varies along the X-axis as shown in
Minivelocity (m/s) 0 0 0 the contours. The pressure first decreases and then
Graphs: The graphs are drawn by taking the y-axis as increases. The minimum pressure occurs at the mid section
pressure/velocity and x-axis as radial distance along X (x=0). The graph shows the variation in the pressure along
the radial direction. The curve is in U shape explains the
decrease and increase of pressure. The velocity in the
cyclone first increase from the centre and then decreases at
the wall. The curve will be in M shape or reversed W
shape. The velocity is high at the middle portion of the
center and the wall.
The inlet geometry is the most important
geometrical parameter of the cyclone design. By varying
the inlet dimensions there is a huge variation in the
pressure and velocity. The maximum pressure in the
Graphs 3.4.1 the pressure and velocity plots
cyclone falls drastically by the decrease in the inlet
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dimensions. For every 2mm decrease in the inlet height and REFERENCES
1mm decrease in width gives 20% decrease in the pressure.
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dimension shows a large effect on the performance of the Dynamics, vol. 1
cyclone. The velocity also decreases by the increase in the
inlet geometry, if velocity decreases the collection
efficiency decreases so the inlet dimensions must be high.
So the cyclone with the inlet height 10mm and inlet width
5mm is better design.
3. CONCLUSIONS
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