Design of a cyclone separator for the separation of gas-liquid mixtures

A procedure has been developed at the MIKhMe for the design of a hollow cyclone separator with a rectangular tangential inlet of the gas-liquid mixture near the bottom. The procedure is based on the results of theoretical and experimental investigations of the cyclone and allows one to determine the geometrical dimensions and the operating regime of the cyclone which corresponds to the minimum entrainment of the liquid droplets. The droplet size distribution of the gas-liquid mixture to be separated is taken into account in the calculations. The proposed procedure for the calculation of the geometrical and regime parameters of the cyclone has been applied in the design of a battery of cyclones for a plant for the separation of resin droplets from the gases and vapors of wood pyrolysis.