4-Cyclones Handout
4-Cyclones Handout
4-Cyclones Handout
AIR POLLUTION
CYCLONES
INTRODUCTION
• Cyclone separators have been used for over 100 years, and are
still one of the most widely used of all industrial gas-cleaning
devices because they are:
» Inexpensive
» No moving parts
» Can withstand harsh operating conditions
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OUTLINE
• Generalities
» Description
» Categories and dimensions
» Advantages and disadvantages
• Theory of Collection Efficiency
• Design Considerations
» Collection efficiency
» Pressure drop
» Other considerations
GENERALITIES
Description
4. Cleaned gas exits from the
top through a “vortex-finder”
2. Centrifugal force (up to tube, and particles exit from
2 orders of magnitude bottom through a pipe
larger than gravity sealed by a valve
forces) and inertia
cause particles to
move outward, collide
with the outer wall,
and then slide 1. Particulate-laden gas enters
downward to the
bottom of the device tangentially near the top of
the cyclone, and is forced
into a downward spiral
3. Centrifugal force Near
the bottom, the gas
reverses its downward
spiral and moves
upward in a smaller
inner spiral
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GENERALITIES
Description (cont’d)
• Cyclones are used as precleaners for more expensive final
control devices (baghouses/ESPs), or in process industries
(refineries/food)
GENERALITIES
Categories and Dimensions
3 categories: 1-High efficiency 2-Conventional 3-Throughput
General relationship of
collection efficiency versus Standard cyclones dimensions
particle size for cyclones
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GENERALITIES
Advantages and disadvantages
• Advantages:
» Very commonly used (not much changed in their
design for decades)
» Low capital cost
» Ability to operate at high temperatures
» Low maintenance requirements because there are no
moving parts
• Disadvantages:
» Low efficiencies (esp. for very small particles< 5-10 µ)
» High operating costs (due to pressure drop)
Dt = Distance traveled
Inlet Velocity
= 2pRNe/Vi
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Ne =
1[L +L c ]
b
H 2
Ne = number of effective turns
H = height of inlet duct, m or ft
Lb = length of cyclone body, m or ft
Lc = length (vertical) of cyclone cone, m or ft
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Vt = W/Dt; Dt = 2pRNe/Vi
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By substitution, we obtain:
9µW
dp = [ ]1/ 2
pN eVi (r p - r g )
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Collection Efficiency
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hj =
1+ (d pc / d pj ) 2
9µW
dpc = [ 1/2
]
2 pNe Vi (rp - rg )
hj = collection efficiency for the jth particle
size range
dpj =characteristic diameter of the jth
particle size range
dpc = diameter of particles collected with
50% efficiency
• Overall efficiency: ho = Shjmj
Particle collection efficiency versus
• If dpj = dpc Þ hj = 50% particle size ratio for standard
conventional cyclones
• Pt = 1 - ho
EXAMPLE 1
• Consider a conventional
cyclone of standard Size range, µm Mass % in size
range
proportions as described
0-2 1
by Lapple (1951), with a 2-4 9
body diameter of 1 meter. 4-6 10
For air with a flow rate of 6-10 30
150 m3/min at T=350 K 10-18 30
and 1 atm, containing 18-30 14
particles with a density of 30-50 5
1600 kg/m3 and a size 50-100 1
distribution as given,
calculate the overall Back to Example 2
collection efficiency Back to Example 3
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EXAMPLE 1 (cont’d)
EXAMPLE 1 (cont’d)
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EXAMPLE 1 (cont’d)
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Collection Efficiency (cont’d)
• Effect of operating condition changes on cyclone
performance
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EXAMPLE 2
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Pressure Drop
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Pressure Drop (cont’d)
• Static pressure drop
DP=1rgVi2Hv Hv =KHW
2 D 2
e
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Pressure Drop (cont’d)
! f = QDP
w
wf = work input rate into the fluid (fluid power),
W
Q = volumetric flow rate, m3/s
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Hv =KHW ! f = QDP
w
EXAMPLE 3 D 2 DP=1r V 2H
e g i v
2
• For the cyclone of Example 1, assume a K value of 15 and
calculate (a) the cyclone pressure drop in kPa, and (b) the
fluid power consumed in the cyclone in kW.
» (a) » (b)
(0.5)(0.25) 150m3 1 min
Hv = 15 = 7.5 !f =
w x1515N / m2 x
(0.5)2 min 60s
1200m 1 min ! f = 3788
N.m
Vi = x = 20m / s w = 3788 J / s = 3.79kW
min 60s s
1 kg m2 1N
DP = x1.01 3 x 400 2 x x 7.5
2 m s 1kg.m / s 2
DP = 1515N / m2 = 1.515kPa
DESIGNING A CYCLONE
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EXAMPLE 4
EXAMPLE 4 (cont’d)
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EXAMPLE 4 (cont’d)
Vi = Q /(HW)
HW
Hv = K 2
De
1 2
DP = rg Vi Hv
2
EXAMPLE 4 (cont’d)
» If it turns out that a feasible solution does not exist, one or more
constraints must be relaxed, or a different type of cyclone must be
chosen.
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EXAMPLE 4 (cont’d)
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Back to Example 1
End of Lecture
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