A brief review on improving materials particulates using cyclone separator by geometrical and turbulence factors

Abstract

A detailed literature review for the particulate materials collection efficiency and flow pattern for the dust collector/cyclone separator identifies significant use in the cement industry. The increasing air pollution in the industries is to be reduced by some means of restrictions and some engineering aid like pollution controlling equipment. The cyclone separator in the industries are ultimately used to separate the particulate materials from contaminated gas (i.e., cement kilns). Cyclone separators are used for gas solid and gas liquid separation, but this review details about separation of the gas solid from the cement kilns. The results from various reviews and critics reveal that increasing the circumferential length of the vortex finder lowers the collection efficiency and increases the overall performance of the twin inlet cyclone separators. It was also discovered that using an inverted-cone vortex finder improves collection efficiency and reduces pressure loss. A particulate size from the kilns can be larger than 2.5 μm and ranges up to 10 μm. The changes made in geometrical features and flow pattern improves the overall particulate materials collection performance of dust collecting setup.