Influence of Geometric Parameters of Hydrocyclone on Hydraulic Resistance and Efficiency of Suspension Separation Process

It is shown by computer modeling that at feed pipe and top drain pipe diameters to cylindrical hydrocyclone body part diameter ratio of 0.41 hydraulic losses are minimized if volume flow rates of the suspension separated in the hydrocyclones are equal. Hydrocyclone designing with appropriate ratios of the geometric parameters makes it possible to reduce their overall dimensions without decrease of the prescribed separation factors and volume throughput, but with some increase of power consumption. Equations are derived for calculating volume throughput and separation boundary grain of hydrocyclones with geometric and operating parameters varying in a wide range.