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    The document summarizes a CFD study of a gas cyclone separator. The study modeled the geometry of the cyclone using 55,541 mesh elements. The RNG k-ε turbulence model was used to model the swirling gas and gas-solid flows. Results showed that pressure drop increased with inlet gas velocity. Solid separation efficiency increased with particle size, ranging from 37.5% for 0.5 μm particles to 100% for 10 μm particles. The results provide a basis for future validation studies of the cyclone separator model.

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    The document summarizes a CFD study of a gas cyclone separator. The study modeled the geometry of the cyclone using 55,541 mesh elements. The RNG k-ε turbulence model was used to model the swirling gas and gas-solid flows. Results showed that pressure drop increased with inlet gas velocity. Solid separation efficiency increased with particle size, ranging from 37.5% for 0.5 μm particles to 100% for 10 μm particles. The results provide a basis for future validation studies of the cyclone separator model.

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    CFD MODELING OF A GAS CYCLONE

    DIANA TANEVA
    TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SOFIA, BULGARIA

    INTRODUCTION
    This study presents application of CFD tools and commercial code ANSYS Fluent for modeling and
    determination of the pressure drop for gas flow and solid separation efficiency of the cyclone. Gas
    cyclones are widely used in industries to separate dust from gas or for product recovery because of
    its geometrical simplicity, relative economy in power usage and flexibility. The most important
    performance variables of a gas cyclone are usually gas pressure drop and solid separation efficiency
    [1,2].
    GEOMETRY, MESH AND CFD MODELING
    The geometry of the cyclone separator used for simulation is depicted in Figure 1 and the
    geometrical parameters are given in Table 1. Unstructured mesh is used with 55 541 elements, as
    shown in Figure 2. The effect of mesh refinement had previously been evaluated in the simulation
    process.

    Figure 1, Geometry Figure 2, Mesh

    Di De D Dd H h S Lc
    110 150 255 40 1100 570 160 200

    Table 1, Dimensions of the cyclone in mm.


    For strongly swirling flows, the standard k-ε model has limitations [2]. In the RNG k-ε model, the
    effect of rotation is included in the calculation of the turbulent viscosity and because of that reason
    this model is used to describe the gas and gas-solid flow in a cyclone. The pressure-velocity
    coupling algorithm SIMPLEC and the second order upwind interpolation scheme are used in all
    numerical experiments. The boundary conditions are: inlet – gas mass flow rate and outlet –
    pressure. Presence of the solid phase is modeled by means of the Euler-Lagrange method, which is
    implemented into the ANSYS FLUENT software as a Discrete Phase Model (DPM). The
    computations take into account the gravity force of the particle and the coefficient of restitution
    with the wall.
    RESULTS
    In this work numerical experiments have been done to find the effect of gas inlet velocity (mass
    flow rate ) on pressure drop p. As shown in Figure 3, the pressure drop increases with the inlet
    gas velocity. Pressure drop will be used as the major parameter for the purpose of validation in the
    next future work.

    The solid separation efficiency is determined


    for different particle size with density 876
    kg/ and gas velocity 30 m/s. Figure 4,
    Figure 5 and Figure 6 present separation
    efficiency 37,5% , 80.4% and 100% with
    particle diameter 0.5 µm, 5 µm and 10 µm. As
    shown the separation efficiency increases
    with the increasing size of the particle.

    Figure 3, The effect of gas mass flow rate on the pressure drop

    Figure 4, Efficiency 37.5% Figure 5, Efficiency 80.4% Figure 6, Efficiency 100%

    CONCLUSION
    In this study, the pressure drop and the solid separation efficiency have been obtained by
    application of the RNG k-ε model. The results obtained in this work are the basis for future study,
    which will include their validation.

    REFERENCES
    1. Altmeyer S., V. Mathieu, Comparison of different models of cyclone prediction performance for various
    operating conditions using a general software , Chemical Engineering and Processing 43 (2004) 511-522.
    2. Bernardo S., Mori. M., 3D Simulation of a gas flow in a cyclone using a commercial CFD code, 17th
    International Congress of Mechanical Engineering November 10-14, 2003.
    The development of this article was funded by Contract № 152ПД0033-02 from internal contracts of
    Technical University – Sofia for supporting PhD Students , 2015.

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