Effect of Chamber Height on Centrifugal Separation Performance of a Gas-Liquid Vortex Chamber.

Abstract

The effect of vortex chamber height on the characteristics of gas-liquid centrifugal separation in a vortex chamber has been investigated experimentally. It was made clear that the stable swirling liquid flow could be formed along the outer wall of the vortex chamber with the height of 20mm to 40mm. However, the unstable radial drop flow was observed in the height of 80mm over the range where the separated liquid fraction dropped steeply. In the shorter chamber, the radial width of separated liquid flow and the separated liquid fraction became larger. The data obtained here could be useful for designing a short vortex chamber.