Description
A cyclonic separator is a mechanical device, which is designed to separate suspended particles from gaseous or liquid stream. The equipment is shaped as a conical cylinder and uses and geometry acceleration to effect separation.

A cyclone separator is a very useful piece of equipment for the removal from air streams of particles above 10 micrometer in diameter. The equipment is a settling chamber in the form of a vertical cylinder, so arranged that the particle laden air spirals round the cylinder to create centrifugal forces which throw the particles to the outside walls

Operating Principles Of Cyclone Separators:
Although there are four commonly used cyclone separators, their operating principles based on that of the conventional cyclone, are very similar. In the conventional cyclone, the gas enters a cylinder tangentially, where it spins in a vortex as it proceeds down the cylinder. A cone section causes the vortex diameter to decrease until the gas reverses on it and spins up the center to the outlet pipe or vortex finder. A cone causes flow reversal to occur sooner and makes the cyclone more compact Dust particles are centrifuged toward the wall and collected by inertial impingement. The collected dust flows down in the gas boundary layer to the cone apex where it is discharged through an air lock or into a dust hopper serving one or more parallel cyclones . Although conventional cyclones can be built to larger diameter, they are commonly 600 to 1600 mm in diameter.