Cyclone is most commonly used device to separate dust particles from gas and dust flow. The project presents design development of flour mill cyclone and its analysis by CFD along with experimental trials. In this the characteristics of flour mill cyclone are studied for various flow rates (inlet velocities) and its effect on performance parameters like pressure drop and efficiency are studied. Cyclone is designed with two symmetrical tangential inlets and a single tangential outlet at the barrel top area where impeller is mounted. The study was performed on both cyclones for gas-solid flow, based on an experimental study available in the literature, where a conventional cyclone model was used. The collection efficiency of single inlet cyclone is compare with double symmetrical inlet cyclone and the result indicate that the double inlet cyclone provide higher collection efficiency than that of the single inlet cyclone. Simulation of flow will be done with the help of CFD software and verification will be done with the help of experimental work. This new design can improve the cyclone performance parameters significantly and very interesting details were found on cyclone fluid dynamics properties.

Author Name: Rahul Patil

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Keywords: Cyclone, Pressure drop, Double symmetrical inlet, Tangential outlet, Collection efficiency

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