Experimental Study on the Pressure Drop and Efficiency of an Aero-Cyclone with Guide Vanes on the Vortex Finder

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1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Semnan University

Abstract

Cyclone separators are used to separate the solid particles from the gas streams in industrial applications. A strong swirling turbulent flow inside the aero-cyclone causes the particle separation due to their inertia. Two important parameters for cyclone design are the pressure drop and separation efficiency. The cyclone geometry strongly affects the efficiency and pressure drop. Therefore, in this article, different new geometries for the vortex finder of the cyclone are considered and tested experimentally. The efficiency and pressure drop have been measured and compared for different fabricated vortex finders. A typical high-efficiency Stairmand cyclone was considered and the guide vanes with an angle of 10 and 20 degrees to the horizontal plane were added to the original vortex finder. Experimental results show that for the guide vanes with 20 degrees angle, and at the gas velocities between 10 and 20 m/s, the pressure drop is reduced by 58% and the efficiency is increased by 2.3%.

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Journal of Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Volume 11, Issue 3
October 2021
Pages 181-193

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