Abstract
Hydrocyclones are widely employed in industrial fields to separate particles. The interaction between the apex diameter and inlet velocity is important for the regulation of the two-stage cone hydrocyclone, but it is not clear. In this study, a gas–liquid–solid three-phase turbulence simulation method, which combines the volume of fluid method, the Reynolds stress model and the discrete element method (VOF–RSM–DEM) via open source software, OpenFOAM, and our in-house developed software, DEMms, is developed. The reliability and validity of this method has been verified by the experiment results. Then it is conducted to investigate the interaction effects of inlet velocity and apex diameter on the separation performance of two-stage cone hydrocyclones. Results show that there are intense interaction effects between the apex diameter and inlet velocity and the variations of cut size and Ecart probable with apex diameter and inlet velocity are not always monotonic.
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