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Cyclone Design Calculation Tool Simplified

This document provides a cyclone calculation tool that allows the user to input parameters like gas flowrate, dust load, geometry ratios, and select a standard geometry to calculate cyclone dimensions, cutoff diameter, and pressure drop. The tool outputs the calculations and dimensions based on the inputs and selected standard geometry.

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Cyclone Design Calculation Tool Simplified

This document provides a cyclone calculation tool that allows the user to input parameters like gas flowrate, dust load, geometry ratios, and select a standard geometry to calculate cyclone dimensions, cutoff diameter, and pressure drop. The tool outputs the calculations and dimensions based on the inputs and selected standard geometry.

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Cyclone calculation tool

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY – DO NOT USE THIS METHOD FOR DETAIL DESIGN – ALWAYS CONSULT A RE

Cyclone design tool To modify Calculated

Dust stream to separate Control panel


Gas flowrate Vc 22500 m3/h Cyclone diameter Dc (m
Dust load 23 g/m3 2
Gas viscosty μc 2.20E-05 Pa.s Please modify the cyclone d
Gas density 0.8825 kg/m3 Cut off diameter (micron
Solid density 800 kg/m3 12.245
Pressure drop
496.116

Selection of Standard Geometry


Please select one standard geometry and copy past the values in the «chosen geometry» table
Standard Geometries for cyclones with tangential inlet
Standard High efficiency
Peterson
Dimensions Lapple Swift Whitby Stairmand Swift
Hc/Dc = KH 0.5 0.5 0.583 0.5 0.44
Bc/Dc = KB 0.25 0.25 0.208 0.2 0.21
Sc/Dc = KS 0.625 0.6 0.583 0.5 0.5
Di/Dc = Ki 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Lc/Dc = KL 2 1.75 1.333 1.5 1.4
Zc/Dc = KZ 2 2 1.84 2.5 2.5
DS/Dc = KD 0.25 0.4 0.5 0.375 0.4

Calculation of the dimensions of the cyclone

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Control panel
Cyclone diameter Dc (m)
m
Please modify the cyclone diameter until cut off diameter reaches target and low pressure drop
Cut off diameter (microns)
microns
Pressure drop
Pa

ensions of the cyclone

Chosen geometry
Dimensions Copy paste the standard geometry chosen from the table above
Hc/Dc = KH 0.5
Bc/Dc = KB 0.2
Sc/Dc = KS 0.5
Di/Dc = Ki 0.5
Lc/Dc = KL 1.5
Zc/Dc = KZ 2.5
DS/Dc = KD 0.375

Estimate Dc
Dc 2.0000 m

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Calculation of the other dimensions

Hc 1.0000 m
Bc 0.4000 m
Sc 1.0000 m
Di 1.0000 m
Lc 3.0000 m
Zc 5.0000 m
DS 0.7500 m

Geometrical ratio calculations

Ae/Ai 0.5096
Ri/re 0.6250
Ae/Ai*Ri/re 0.3185
Af/Ai 61.0000

Inlet and outlet velocities

Uce 15.6250 m/s


Uci 7.9618

Striction and friction coefficient

Ce 0.8231
Ucc/Uce 1.2385
Rec 1552577.5779
Cf 0.0026

Characteristic velocities

Ucri 0.2843 m/s


Uctetai/Uci 2.5829 m/s
Uctetai 20.5642 m/s

Cut off diameter


dc 0.0000 m
0.0122 mm
12.2449 microns

Pressure drop
Af/PiRi(RCRi)^0.5 43.1335
Rc 1.0000
Ri/re 0.5000
ksice 3.2600
ksici 14.4769
DPC 496.1163 Pa

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