The simulation demonstrates how a swirling gas vortex inside a conical cyclone chamber separates particles by size, showing how particle diameter and inlet velocity together determine whether a given particle is flung to the wall or escapes with the cleaned gas.
Adjust the particle size and inlet velocity sliders to see how particle trajectories diverge inside the vortex, and observe how the separation efficiency and cut diameter change as a result.
Sliders for particle size and inlet gas velocity
Fluid catalytic cracking units in petroleum refineries use specialized high-temperature cyclones operating continuously for years to separate catalyst particles from process gas, some processing catalyst circulation rates of several tons per second.
The simulation demonstrates how a swirling gas vortex inside a conical cyclone chamber separates particles by size, showing how particle diameter and inlet velocity together determine whether a given particle is flung to the wall or escapes with the cleaned gas.
The simulation demonstrates how a swirling gas vortex inside a conical cyclone chamber separates particles by size, showing how particle diameter and inlet velocity together determine whether a given particle is flung to the wall or escapes with the cleaned gas.
Adjust the particle size and inlet velocity sliders to see how particle trajectories diverge inside the vortex, and observe how the separation efficiency and cut diameter change as a result.
Fluid catalytic cracking units in petroleum refineries use specialized high-temperature cyclones operating continuously for years to separate catalyst particles from process gas, some processing catalyst circulation rates of several tons per second.