1.15 cyclone separator working principle & Applications

cyclone separator working principle – In this article I would like to discuss the cyclone separator which is commonly used in all chemical as well as mechanical industries . Cyclone separators are playing a wide role in the commercial fields. Cyclone separator is the device which is used to separate solid particles
from the fluids by the application of centrifugal force in the radial direction. The design of the
cyclone separator is very easy.

What is the cyclone separator ?

It is the simple device which is frequently used to separate the solid particle from the solid
fluid mixture

cyclone separator working principle

It is the simple device which is frequently used to separate the solid particle from the solid fluid mixture. It is a very general device and easy to operate but the energy consumption is very high in this separator . Cyclone separator working principle is very important to design the cyclone separator. It is a simple unit operation not a unit process. In the unit operation only physical properties change no chemical change will be there. If we talk about the design of the cyclone separator it is simple conical equipment which consists of two parts . Part one which is up side and it is in cylinder shape and the other part which is in dawn side and it is conical shape and inside the equipment there is one agitator and one centre line along the help of the motor . This agitator rotates with the high angular velocity w. The fluid enters at the top of the equipment Which consists of fluid (mainly gas) and solid particles . Solid particles go slowly down by the gravity or density difference and the agitator rotates very high angular velocity in the radial direction and the centrifugal force comes in the action and the fluid goes up because they are light compared to solid particles and have high velocity.

After some time most solids particles collect on the bottom and fluids go up . This is
the simple cyclone process Which is easy to understand and easy to operate. Two types of
the force are acting in the cyclone separator one is the gravitational force which is acting in
the downward direction and second is the centrifugal force whose horizontal components of
the centrifugal force . It is widely used in the chemical industries . For the example I would
like to explain the cyclone separator most appropriate example.separation of dust particles
from the air
Separation of the important constituents from the mixture .
Main disadvantage of the cyclone separator is the high energy consumption so the electrical
energy bill goes high . And also many advantages of the cyclone separator is that if some
solid particles are mixed with gas we can easily separate them with the help of the cyclone
separator.

Disadvantage

in the cyclone separator the operation cost is very high because the
pressure drop inside the cyclone is very high .
The efficiency of the cyclone separator is very low because the particle size is very small.
When the sticky material comes on the cyclone separator then they are unable to separate
these particles.

Advantage of the cyclone separator

Cyclone separators are most convenient to separate the liquid which has the dirty particles in the excess.
In the cyclone separator the capital cost is very low. It is most convenient when you have low
Capital. Cyclone separator is the most important feature. We can operate in very high temperature.if
we increase the temperature then the effectiveness of the separation is high.

In the cyclone separator low maintenance will be required means the disturbance comes
very less when we operate the cyclone separator working principle.
The cyclone separator required a very small space . (Applications of cyclone separator)When the solids have density high than it is easy to operate because the gravitational force dominant over the centrifugal force
So in the last of the article we would like to say it most important device who separate solid
particles from fluid easily.

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