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HydroCyclone Design Equations and Sizing Parameters For Calculations

This document provides information to model the sizing of a cyclone used to separate solids from a slurry based on particle size. It includes the feed characteristics, material balances calculating flows of solids and water, and models to determine the cyclone diameter, number of cyclones needed, and underflow per unit based on the 50% cut size and other parameters. Graphs are referenced for determining correction factors used in the models.

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HydroCyclone Design Equations and Sizing Parameters For Calculations

This document provides information to model the sizing of a cyclone used to separate solids from a slurry based on particle size. It includes the feed characteristics, material balances calculating flows of solids and water, and models to determine the cyclone diameter, number of cyclones needed, and underflow per unit based on the 50% cut size and other parameters. Graphs are referenced for determining correction factors used in the models.

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Model Input Model Output

STEP 1 material balance


Overflow Underflow
125 MTPH Solids 125 375
O/F Size at 60% passing 100 (um) MTPH Water 188 125
O/F %Solids 54 MTPH Slurry 313 500
U/F %Solids 80 % solids, wt 54 80
S.G. of solids 2.65 % solids, vol 31 60
Approx Circulating Load 300 (%) S.G. slurry 1.507 1.992
82.7 Slurry Flow (l/s) 58 70
Units Conversion USGPM slurry 913 1105
psi 12.0 STEP 2 D50C application
Kpa 82.7 D50C application from O/F 60% passing 208
Feed particle size (µm) 80 manual input (any value) www.911metallurgist.com/blog
%Recovery of this Size to U/F 99% (Corrected) In this model, C1, C2, C3 are generated from emperically
We can also get C1, C2, C3 from graphs
STEP 3 cyclone diameter
C1, Correction for feed density 5.9
C2, Correction for influence of pressure drop 0.9
C3, Correction for sp gr solids 1.00
D50C base (µm) 37
Cyclone diameter (inch) 19.43
Area of inlet nozzel (inch2) 18.88
Size of vortex finder (inch) 6.80
STEP 4 number of units required
Actual throughput of a single cyclone of this size (USGPM) 900
Number of cyclone units required 2.5
Underflow per unit (USGPM) 451
Size of apex (inch) 4.25

Cyclone Classification Curves


100%
Particle X Reduced Particle
90% size, µm recovery size, µm
80% (corrected) (corrected) (uncorrected)
y to Underflow

70% 200 5.4 100% 1117

60%
50%
90%
80%

%Recovery to Underflow
70%
141 3.8 100% 790
60%
100 2.7 100% 559
50% 71 1.9 97% 395
40% 50 1.3 80% 279

30% 35 0.9 45% Corrected 197


Uncorrected
25 0.7 20% 140
20%
18 0.5 10% 99
10%
13 0.3 5% 70
0% 9 0.2 3% 49
1 10 100 1000 1000
Feed Particle Size (microns)
2.1484903
odel Output
material balance
Feed
500
313
813
62
38
1.621
139
2207
D50C application
208 (µm)
metallurgist.com/blog
ed from emperically
C2, C3 from graphs
cyclone diameter
5.9 Graph 3
0.9 Graph 4
1.00 Graph 5
37
19.43
18.88
6.80
mber of units required
900 Graph 1
2.5
451
4.25 Graph 2
ed

00 10000

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