The flow rate of the gas is 2000 ft3/min. Take the viscosity of the gas mixture as 0.

03 mNs/m2, Density difference Δp=2400kg

Data
Flow rate 0.943895 m3/s 3398.022 m3/hr
Solid feed rate 3000 kg/hr
Density of solid 2400 kg/m3
Inlet Velosity 18.3 m/s 60 ft/s
Standard design diameter 0.203 m
Dennsity of gas 0.8 kg/m3
Density difference ( Δρ) 2400 kg/m3
Density difference ( Δρ) at 2000 kg/m3
standard conditions
Viscosity of gas mixture 0.03 mNs/m2
Test fluid viscosity 0.018 mNs/m2
Standard flow rate
For high efficiency design 223 m3/hr
For high throughput design 669 m3/hr
Friction factor for gases 0.005

Step 1
High efficiency design will be required to give th

Step 2
0

step 3
Area of the inlet duct, at 60 ft/s

A C
 A C

From figure 1, Duct area

Dc

Let's assume 2 cyclone separators are used in p

Then, new Dc

Step 5
Scale up factor
Step 6
Cyclone performance and overall efficiency

Particle size (μm)

<1180
1180-500
500-250
250-180
180-150
150-75
75-63
63-45
45-25
25-12
12--06
06--04
04--02
02--01
01--00

Overall collection efficiency (%

step 7
step 8
Pressure drop calculation
Area of inlet duct A1
Cyclone surface area

If Fc=0.005

ψ
rt/re
U1
Area of exit pipe
U2

ΔP
 Cyclone Separator Design

ty difference Δp=2400kg/m3 and density of the gas as 0.8 kg/m3.

ill be required to give the specified recovery.

more than one cyclone is needed

0.051578961748634 m2

B A
B
G C
C D
 C
E
H F
D G
H

Figure 1

0.5Dc*0.2Dc
0.718 m

separators are used in parallel

0.5079101461 m
 d2 1.195

nd overall efficiency

Mean particle Mean particle size÷ Efficiency at

Wt% scaled size% collected Grading at exit
size scaling factor
(figure 2)
1.4 - - 100 1.4 0
6.8 840 703.0236 100 6.8 0
9 375 313.8498 100 9 0
4.5 215 179.9406 100 4.5 0
2.5 165 138.0939 100 2.5 0
10.1 112.5 94.1549 100 10.1 0
2.1 69 57.7484 100 2.1 0
7.4 54 45.1944 99 7.326 0.074
12.2 35 29.2927 97 11.834 0.366000000000001
17 18.5 15.4833 94 15.98 1.02
6.2 9 7.5324 92 5.704 0.496
6.8 5 4.1847 88 5.984 0.816
7.8 3 2.5108 40 3.12 4.68
4 1.5 1.2554 15 0.6 3.4
2.2 0.5 0.4185 10 0.22 1.98
100 87.168 12.832

l collection efficiency (%) 87.168

Figure 2
 0.0126m

0.0316m 0.0316m
0.0949m

0.063m

0.1581m

0.0237m

0.0515789617 m2
6.478 m2

0.628
1.8
 0.96
18.3
0.1012237124
9.3248407643

8.3298339127 millibar
step 4

Length Width
0.051578961748634 m2 0.3591 0.1436 m
0.3591 m
0.3591 m
1.0773 m
1.7955 m
0.2693 m
0.5386 m
0.6284 m
Grading at exit (%)

0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.5767
2.8522
7.9489
3.8653
6.3591
36.4713
26.4963
15.4302
100.0000