What is Hydrocyclon?
Hydrocyclon is a filter or separator mechanism that uses centrifugal forces to separate solids from liquids or even liquids of various consistencies. Hydrocyclon consists of a two -piece chamber with an inner profile, which is cylindrical along its upper part and cone along the lower half equipped with one inlet and two output points. When the suspension is pumped into a cyclone, it spins around the inside of the chamber and creates a centrifugal force that causes suspended solids to separate from the liquid carrier. Then stop the hydrocyclone filtered water and solids, usually at the opposite ends. Hydrocyclones are considerably used in industrial and manufacturing sectors and are suitable for suspensions rich in liquids bearing solids heavier than liquid. They are simple but effective devices without movement and requiring very little maintenance. These devices are generally known as cyclones and are generally designed from steel, ceramics or durable plastic. Typical use of hydrocyclonesIt is to remove contaminating from paper pulp, separation of oil from water, extraction of metal shavings from cooling liquids and recovery of starch from waste water in potato processing facilities. Cyclones are also found in the mining industry plans to separate procedural solids from the water.
Typical hydrocyclone configuration consists of a hollow chamber, which has a straight brick, cylindrical part at the top and a conical section, which narrows to the lower end of the unit. The cylindrical part is equipped with two tubes, one that enters the section in the middle and the other, which rises to the upper part of the unit. The second output point is mounted at the bottom of the cone. The suspension draws into the center of the cylindrical slices under high pressure, causing it to spin around the inner chamber. The centrifugal force created in suspension of this spinning action is the agent responsible for hydrocyclones effective operation.
The centrifugal effect in the cyclone forces heavier solids in suspension against the walls of the chamber and down to the conical part. Lighter water spins to the top of the chamber and out of the output from the "light". The solids are collected in the cone and are pushed out of the "heaven" output at the bottom end. The same action applies to fluids of different densities with heavier oils and lighter water in the same way. This relationship of centrifugal density makes hydrocyclone best suited for applications with high water in suspensions and the difference in significant density between solids and fluid carriers.