High Concentration Fine Particle Separation Performance in Hydrocyclones

Minerals

Hui Wang¹  Yuekan Zhang¹  Lanyue Jiang¹  Meng Yang¹  Junru Yang¹  Jinguang Xu¹ 

[1] College of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China;

关键词: hydrocyclone;    high-concentration fine particles;    separation performance;    numerical simulation;    DDPM;   

DOI  :  10.3390/min11030307

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The vast majority of current research on hydrocyclone field centrifugal separation focuses on low concentration fluids having volume fraction less than 3%. For high-concentration fluids having volume fractions greater than 10%, which are often encountered in engineering, the law governing particle motion and the classification mechanism are still unclear. In order to gain insights into the interaction between fine particles in the high concentration hydrocyclone field and to improve the hydrocyclone separation performance of these particles, a Dense Discrete Phase Model (DDPM) of the Euler-Eulerian method under the Ansys Fluent 14.5 software was employed. Numerical simulations were carried out to study the characteristics of the hydrocyclone field of dense particles and the influence of parameters, such as the diameter of the overflow outlet, diameter of the underflow outlet, and material concentration, on separation performance. The trajectories and separation efficiencies of two kinds of fine particles with different densities and six different particle sizes at high concentration were obtained. The results show that for the hydrocyclone classification of high-concentration fine particles, particles with large density and small particle size are more likely to enter the internal cyclone and discharge from the overflow. Particles with small density and large particle size are more likely to enter the external cyclone and discharge from the underflow. The research results of this topic could provide a feasible reference and theoretical basis for the centrifugal separation of high-concentration fine particle fluid.

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