The flow rate of the gas 0.

02 m³/s particle size distribution

72 m³/h size range(µm)
temperature 40 °C 0-10
expected dust concentration 10 g/m³ 10 20
dust loading in the air stream 40 g/m³ 20-30
density of solid partcles 2300 kg/m³ 30-40
viscosity of gas stream 3E-05 Ns/m² 40-50
density of air 0.948 kg/m³

1. calculating the diameter of the cyclone

method : standard design ratios
by referring table 1 , standard designs for reverse flow cyclones
source: Lappe method

table 1

Q/D² 6860
number of cyclones 2
flow rate 72 m³/h
Q 36 m³/h
D² 0.005248 m²
D 0.072442 m

2. Calcuating the dimensions using standard design ratios

a/D 0.5 a 0.03622089663122

b/D 0.25 b 0.01811044831561
De/D 0.5 De 0.03622089663122
S/D 0.625 S 0.04527612078903
h/D 2 h 0.14488358652489
H/D 4 H 0.28976717304978
 B/D 0.25 B 0.01811044831561
∆H 8 ∆H 8

3. Calculating the inlet gas velocity for cyclone

𝒗_𝒊=𝑸/𝒂 𝑣_𝑖 gas inlet velocity

𝒃

Q 36 m³/h
0.01 m³/s
a×b 0.000656 m²

𝑣_𝑖 15.24444 m/s

4. Calculating the pressure drop

∆𝑷= ∆𝑯((𝝆_𝒈
𝒗_𝒊^𝟐)/𝟐)

∆H 8
ρg 0.948 kg/m³
𝑣_𝑖 15.24444 m/s
𝑣_𝑖² 232.393 m²/s²
ρg 𝑣_𝑖² 220.3085 kg/ms²
ρg 𝑣_𝑖²/2 110.1543 kg/ms²

∆P 881.2341 Pa

5. Calculating the overall efficiency of the cyclone

core length Zc D² 0.005247813411079

𝒛_𝒄= a×b 0.000655976676385
2.3De∛(𝑫²/𝒂𝒃
D²/ab 8
)
(D²/ab)^(1/3) 2

Zc 0.166616124503622

diameter of the core dc

𝒅_𝒄=𝑫−(𝑫−𝑩)((𝑺+𝒛_𝒄−𝒉)/(𝑯−𝒉))
CL
𝑪_𝑳=𝝅𝑫²/𝒂𝒃 {𝟐[𝟏−(𝑫_𝒆/𝑫)^(𝟐 ) ][𝑺/𝑫−𝒂/𝟐𝑫]+𝟏/𝟑 [(𝑺+𝒛_𝒄−𝒉)/(𝑯−𝒉)][𝟏+𝒅_𝒄/𝑫+((𝒅_𝒄
²)/𝑫)]+𝒉/𝑫−(𝑫_𝒆/𝑫)^(𝟐 ) 𝒛_𝒄/𝑫−𝑺/𝑫}

n vortex exponent
𝑛_1 at 283 K
𝒏=𝟎.𝟔𝟕(𝑫^(𝟎.𝟏𝟒) ) 𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝟐𝟖𝟑𝑲

"Type equation here." 𝑛_2 at 313K(40°C)

(𝟏−𝒏_𝟏)/(𝟏−𝒏_𝟐 ) =
(𝑻_𝟏/𝑻_𝟐 )^(𝟎.𝟑)

dimensionless inertia parameter, ψ size range(µm) weight fraction(%)

0-10 0.34
𝝍=(𝒅²𝝆_𝒑 𝒗_𝒊 10 20 0.24
(𝒏+𝟏))/(𝟏𝟖µ 20-30 0.14
𝑫) 30-40 0.08
40-50 0.2

fractional efficiency ɳ , Leith & Licht equation

^(𝟏/(𝟐𝒏+𝟐))))
ɳ= 1- 𝒆^((−𝟐 〖 (𝑪_𝑳 𝝍) 〗

6. Calculating the outlet dust concentration of cyclone

𝜽_𝒐=𝜽_𝒊
(𝟏−ɳ_𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍)

𝜃_𝑜 calculated 1.598168 g/m³

𝜃_𝑜 expected is 10 g/m³. the calculated value is less than the expected value. Therefore the cyclone is suitable for the r
distribution
weight fraction(%)
34
24
14
8
20
m²
m²

D-B 0.0543313449 m
S+Zc-h 0.0670086588 m
H-h 0.1448835865 m
(S+Zc--h)/(H-h) 0.4625

dc 0.0473135462 m
 𝝅D²/ab 25.13274
[𝟏+𝒅_𝒄/𝑫+((𝒅_𝒄 (De/D)² 0.25
S/D- a/2D 0.375
(S+Zc--h)/( 0.4625
dc/D 0.653125
dc²/D 0.030902
h/D 2
Zc/D 2.3
S/D 0.625

𝑪_𝑳 40.76834

0.463952254722381

0.44750182955026

mean particle size psi ψ ɳ fractionalɳ ×∆w

5 0.0324255381 0.889464 0.302418
15 0.2918298432 0.990946 0.237827
25 0.8106384533 0.998763 0.139827
35 1.5888513685 0.999786 0.079983
45 2.6264685887 0.999957 0.199991

ɳ overall 0.960046

erefore the cyclone is suitable for the required seperation.