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Dimensionamiento de Un Ciclón
Dimensionamiento de Un Ciclón
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Hydrocyclone Design & Analysis
Copyright 2010, M. C. (Mike) Albrecht, PE
General
Location New Plant
Application Dewatering
Units (US/Metric) M
Cyclone Performance
FINE HIGH TYPICAL HIGH COARSE
SPLIT EFFICIENCY CAPACITY SPLIT
Cyclone Capacity (each) m^3/hr Q = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cyclone diameter (inside) mm D = 103.75 103.47 103.32 103.13 103.34
Number of Cyclones No. = 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
% Feed solids = 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22
Pressure Drop kPa Pd = 10.94 10.73 12.35 10.88 8.73
Solids Sp. Gr = 8.64 8.64 8.64 8.64 8.64
Liquid Sp. Gr. = 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
D50 (Base) = 5.41 9.75 13.02 19.94 15.18
C1 = Correction Factor for % Solids in Feed = 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01
C2 = Correction Factor for Pressure Drop = 1.76 1.77 1.69 1.76 1.88
C3 = Correction Factor for Specific Gravity = 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46
D50 (actual) = 4.45 8.06 10.32 16.43 13.36
Size % % Cum % Cum % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt
microns Retained Pass Retained U'Flow U'Flow U'Flow U'Flow U'Flow
500.0 2.0% 98.0% 2.0% 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
300.0 3.0% 95.0% 5.0% 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
200.0 5.0% 90.0% 10.0% 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
150.0 10.0% 80.0% 20.0% 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
75.0 15.0% 65.0% 35.0% 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
50.0 15.0% 50.0% 50.0% 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
25.0 10.0% 40.0% 60.0% 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
12.5 15.0% 25.0% 75.0% 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
7.5 12.5% 12.5% 87.5% 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50
5.0 7.5% 5.0% 95.0% 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50
2.5 3.0% 2.0% 98.0% 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
0.0 2.0% 0.0% 100.0% 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Efficiency % = 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
FEED Pulp m^3/hr 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pulp Sp.Gr. 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
Water m^3/hr 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Solids T/hr 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% by weight solids 22.5% 22.5% 22.5% 22.5% 22.5%
% by volume solids 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2%
Overflow Pulp m^3/hr -0.51 -1.18 -1.17 -3.36 -1.61
Pulp Sp.Gr. 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Water m^3/hr -0.51 -1.18 -1.17 -3.36 -1.61
Solids T/hr 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% by weight solids 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
% by volume solids 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Underflow Pulp m^3/hr 0.51 1.18 1.18 3.36 1.62
Pulp Sp.Gr. 1.01 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Water m^3/hr 0.51 1.18 1.17 3.36 1.62
Solids T/hr 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% by weight solids 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
% by volume solids 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Feed Material
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Feed Rate (dry solids) invalid
% Solids % wt
Feed Material
Density
Feed Rate (dry solids)
% Solids
Feed Material
Density
Feed Rate (dry solids)
% Solids
Material de alimentación
Densidad
Velocidad de alimentación (sólidos secos)
% De solidos
Capacidad del Ciclón
Presión de alimentación
Espesor de la pared del tubo en los vórtices
Numero de Ciclones
ALTA
DIMENSIONES DEL CICLÓN TIPICO
EFICIENCIA
m^3/hr Q = 0.00133333 0.00133333 0.00133333
cm D = 103.318925 103.474129 103.318925
cm^2 A = 0.00795595 0.00444751 0.00397798
cm I = 0.71169554 0.75252642 0.71169554
cm h = 0.8693927 0.81679359 0.8693927
cm w = 0.4575751 0.54452906 0.4575751
cm d = 0.79569981 0.75252642 0.79569981
cm l = 0.18303004 0.21781162 0.18303004
cm H = 1.48711909 1.8513988 1.48711909
cm A = 15.4978388 15.5211194 15.4978388
cm C = 120.643226 120.824454 120.643226
cm B = 122.130345 122.675853 122.130345
m/sec IV = 0.93105021 0.83275662 0.93105021
PD = 1.25901136 1.00720909 1.25901136
Nh = 7.38860113 8.02529086 7.38860113
kPa Pd = 12.3464384 10.7282835 12.3464384
grados ca = 20 20 20
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103.474129
0.00444751
0.75252642
0.81679359
0.54452906
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0.21781162
1.8513988
15.5211194
120.824454
122.675853
0.83275662
1.00720909
8.02529086
10.7282835
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Hydrocyclone Design & Analysis
Copyright 2010, M. C. (Mike) Albrecht, PE
General
Location New Plant Hydrocyclone Design & Analysis is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, and is for
the use of knowledgeable professionals, capable of evaluating the accuracy of the results. The
Application Dewatering author is not responsible for the use to which these results are put.
Units US
Process Data
Feed Material Sand & Gravel Cyclone Diameter inch 48.00
Density #/cu ft 150.0 feed pressure psig 20.00
Feed Rate (dry solids) t/hr 15000.0 Thickness of vortex finder pipe wall inch 0.500
% Solids % wt 20.0% Pulp Flow g/min 264969
CYCLONE SIZING - BY DIAMETER
FINE HIGH TYPICAL HIGH COARSE
SPLIT EFFICIENCY CAPACITY SPLIT
Cyclone Capacity (each) g/min Q = 3,070.92 6,909.57 9,404.69 17,321.91 13,867.13
Number of Cyclones No. = 86 38 28 15 19
Inlet Area sq inch A = 72.38 162.86 221.67 408.28 326.85
Feed Inlet Diameter inch I = 9.60 14.40 16.80 22.80 20.40
inlet height inch h = 8.51 15.63 20.52 35.00 25.57
inlet width inch w = 8.51 10.42 10.80 11.67 12.78
Inlet to Vortex pipe clearance inch c = 3.40 3.13 2.70 2.33 1.92
diameter vortex (inside) inch d = 9.11 14.40 18.78 26.00 19.35
lid clearance inch l = 3.40 4.17 4.32 4.67 5.11
Bottom Inlet to top cylinder inch b = 17.02 15.63 10.26 17.50 25.57
Cylinder Height inch H = 28.93 35.43 35.10 57.16 56.25
Apex Opening Diameter inch A = 4.80 7.20 7.20 12.00 8.40
Cone Height inch C = 122.50 56.05 56.05 35.33 19.80
Body Length inch B = 151.43 91.48 91.15 92.49 76.05
Inlet velocity ft/sec IV = 13.61 13.61 13.61 13.61 13.61
Pressure drop factor PD = 6.95 6.95 6.95 6.95 6.95
Net Head factor Nh = 9.10 8.03 7.39 6.26 7.25
Pressure drop through cyclone psig Pd = 12.16 10.73 9.88 8.38 9.70
Cone Angle degrees ca = 10.00 20.00 20.00 27.00 45.00
Feed Size Distribution
Size % % Cum % Cum
Retained Pass Retained Size Distribution Retained
500.0 0.5% 99.5% 0.5% 1
250.0 7.5% 92.0% 8.0%
150.0 9.0% 83.0% 17.0%
100.0 12.0% 71.0% 29.0% 0.8
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Hydrocyclone Design & Analysis
Copyright 2010, M. C. (Mike) Albrecht, PE
General
Location New Plant
Application Dewatering
Units (US/Metric) US
Cyclone Performance
FINE HIGH TYPICAL HIGH COARSE
SPLIT EFFICIENCY CAPACITY SPLIT
Cyclone Capacity (each) g/min Q = 3070.92 6909.57 9404.69 17321.91 13867.13
Cyclone diameter (inside) inch D = 86.28 38.35 28.17 15.30 19.11
Number of Cyclones No. = 86 38 28 15 19
% Feed solids = 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Pressure Drop psig Pd = 12.16 10.73 9.88 8.38 9.70
Solids Sp. Gr = 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40
Liquid Sp. Gr. = 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
D50 (Base) = 43.46 45.10 48.84 49.36 43.67
C1 = Correction Factor for % Solids in Feed = 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01
C2 = Correction Factor for Pressure Drop = 0.95 0.99 1.01 1.07 1.02
C3 = Correction Factor for Specific Gravity = 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08
D50 (actual) = 45.21 48.70 54.07 57.43 48.62
Size % % Cum % Cum % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt
- Retained Pass Retained U'Flow U'Flow U'Flow U'Flow U'Flow
500.0 0.5% 99.5% 0.5% 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
250.0 7.5% 92.0% 8.0% 7.49 7.48 7.46 7.45 7.48
150.0 9.0% 83.0% 17.0% 8.84 8.79 8.72 8.67 8.79
100.0 12.0% 71.0% 29.0% 11.35 11.23 11.06 10.95 11.23
75.0 12.0% 59.0% 41.0% 10.87 10.72 10.50 10.38 10.72
53.0 10.0% 49.0% 51.0% 8.46 8.32 8.13 8.02 8.32
37.0 6.0% 43.0% 57.0% 4.69 4.60 4.49 4.43 4.60
0.0 43.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21.67 21.60 21.53 21.55 21.54
0.0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.0 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Efficiency % = 73.86 73.25 72.38 71.94 73.19
FEED Pulp g/min 3070.92 6909.57 9404.69 17321.91 13867.13
Pulp Sp.Gr. 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.13
Water g/min 2780.59 6252.50 8512.95 15657.33 12552.98
Solids t/hr 174.4 394.7 535.7 1000.0 789.5
% by weight solids 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
% by volume solids 9.4% 9.4% 9.4% 9.4% 9.4%
Overflow Pulp g/min 2704.78 6063.76 8558.88 14893.11 12704.29
Pulp Sp.Gr. 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Water g/min 2628.90 5887.97 8312.62 14426.04 12351.93
Solids t/hr 45.6 105.6 147.9 280.6 211.7
% by weight solids 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4%
% by volume solids 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Underflow Pulp g/min 366.14 845.81 845.81 2428.80 1162.84
Pulp Sp.Gr. 1.82 1.80 2.07 1.69 2.16
Water g/min 151.69 364.52 200.34 1231.28 201.05
Solids t/hr 128.8 289.1 387.8 719.4 577.8
% by weight solids 77.3% 76.0% 88.6% 70.0% 92.0%
% by volume solids 58.6% 56.9% 76.3% 49.3% 82.7%
Hydrocyclone Design & Analysis
Copyright 2010, M. C. (Mike) Albrecht, PE
General
Location New Plant Hydrocyclone Design & Analysis is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind,
and is for the use of knowledgeable professionals, capable of evaluating the accuracy
Application Dewatering of the results. The author is not responsible for the use to which these results are put.
Units US
Process Data
Feed Material Cu Tails
Density #/cu ft 150.0 feed pressure psig 35.00
Feed Rate (dry solids) t/hr 13750.0 Thickness of vortex finder pipe wall inch 0.500
% Solids % wt 28.0% Pulp Flow g/min 164317
CYCLONE SIZING - BY DIMENSION
TYPICAL SPECIIFIED
Cyclone Capacity (each) g/min Q = 13693.05 13693.05
Number of Cyclones No. = 12.00 12.00
Cyclone diameter (inside) inch D = 72.00 72.00
Inlet Area sq inch A = 18.86 483.00
Feed Inlet Diameter inch I = 4.90 4.92
inlet height inch h = 5.99 6.01
inlet width inch w = 3.15 3.16
Inlet to Vortex pipe clearance inch c = 0.79 0.63
diameter vortex (inside) inch d = 5.48 140.00
lid clearance inch l = 1.26 1.26
Bottom Inlet to top cylinder inch b = 2.99 3.00
Cylinder Height inch H = 10.24 10.28
Apex Opening Diameter inch A = 2.10 50.00
Cone Height inch C = 96.02 30.22
Body Length inch B = 106.26 40.50
Inlet velocity ft/sec IV = 232.97 231.22
Pressure drop factor PD = 2035.27 2004.84
Net Head factor Nh = 7.39 7.39
Pressure drop through cyclone psig Pd = 2894.78 2851.50
Cone Angle degrees ca = 20.00 20.00
Feed Size Distribution
Size % % Cum % Cum
Retained Pass Retained
1 Size Distribution
500.0 2.0% 98.0% 2.0%
300.0 3.0% 95.0% 5.0%
200.0 5.0% 90.0% 10.0%
150.0 10.0% 80.0% 20.0% 0.8
75.0 15.0% 65.0% 35.0%
50.0 15.0% 50.0% 50.0%
25.0 10.0% 40.0% 60.0% 0.6
12.5 15.0% 25.0% 75.0%
7.5 12.5% 12.5% 87.5%
5.0 7.5% 5.0% 95.0% 0.4
2.5 3.0% 2.0% 98.0%
0.0 2.0% 0.0% 100.0%
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Hydrocyclone Datasheet
Copyright 2010, M. C. (Mike) Albrecht, PE
General
Location New Plant
Application Dewatering
Units (US/Metric) US
Cyclone Performance
TYPICAL SPECIIFIED