Abstract
AbstractIn order to study the influence of oil density and particle size on the separation performance of hydrocyclone, the tangential velocity and axial velocity distributions were studied with the help of fluid dynamics software Fluent, and the influence of oil density and particle size on the separation efficiency of hydrocyclone was analyzed. The results show that within a certain range, the separation efficiency of the hydrocyclone decreases with the increase of oil phase density. When the oil phase density is greater than 880 kg/m3, the separation efficiency is less than 85%. When the size range of oil droplets is less than 10 um, the separation efficiency of the hydrocyclone is less than 70%. By increasing the size of oil droplets, the migration trajectory of oil droplets can be changed so that more oil droplets are captured by the overflow port, thus improving the separation efficiency of the hydrocyclone.KeywordsOil-water separation cycloneOil phase densityOil droplet sizeSeparation efficiency
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