The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering

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Vol.7 No.5
Oct. 2007

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FLUENT 6.1 RSM 300 mm

20 m/s 2931 273 K .
.
Vt / Vt0 = k H / D . 1 000 K
. .
1 273 K
dp50T 1.58 dp50T 1.23 .

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T
,
T0

T = 0

(1)

m m 0.683.

T0 p
.

T p0

T = 0

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FLUENT 6.1
2931 273 K

(2)

2.2

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mm 176 mm84 mm

2 6 mm

2.1
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75 391 .
Vi=20 m/s.

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2.3

96 mm
R1
mm

176 mm

5
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84 mm

420 mm

Z
Y
300 mm

90
24.5 mm

Z
X

180

400 mm

R1

50

mm

660 mm

270

260 mm

120 mm

80 mm180 mm

210 mm

80 mm

1
Fig.1 Dimensions of the cyclone

2
Fig.2 Diagram of computation grids

4
293 K, measured
673 K, measured
973 K, measured
Simulated

2.5
2.0
Vz/Vi

Vt/Vi

2
1
0

293 K, measured
673 K, measured
973 K, measured
Simulated

1.5
1.0

Z=324 mm

0.5

Z=324 mm

-1

0.0
-0.5

-2
0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Y/R

Y/R

3
Fig.3 Comparison of simulated results with measured data

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.

3.1

.
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(1)(2) T
ReT Re0
ReT=Re0(T0/T)1+m,

(3)

Re0=0DVi/0.

4.

873

ReT (10 )

.
1

.
3.2

0
200

400

600

800

1000

1200

.
5 Vi=20 m/s

T (K)

4 ReT
Fig.4 Relationship between Reynolds number ReT
and temperature

Z=120, 624, 850 1050 mm

.
1000 K
.

1000 K
3.5

(a) Z=120 mm

3.0

2.5
2.0
Vt/Vi

2.5
Vt/Vi

3.0 (b) Z=624 mm

Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

2.0
1.5

1.5
Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

1.0

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0
-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

-0.6

1.0

-0.4

-0.2

(c) Z=850 mm

2.0

2.0
Vt/Vi

Vt/Vi

2.5

1.5
Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

0.5

0.4

3.0 (d) Z=1050 mm

2.5

1.0

0.2

0.6

Y/R

Y/R

3.0

0.0

Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0

0.0
-0.4

-0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2

Y/R

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Y/R

5
Fig.5 Tangential velocity distributions under different temperatures

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3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

Vt/Vi

1.5

1.0

0.5

Z (mm) Temp. (K)

120
673 Simulated
624
973 Simulated
850
1273 Simulated
Calculated

0.0
-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

Y/R

6 (4)
Fig.6 Comparison of calculated results by Eq.(4)
with simulated data

Vt
Vt0 VtT Vt
H
= 0 =k ,
Vt 0
Vt
D

(4)

3.3
7 Z=20, 120, 624 850

0.3164/ReT0.25

H=h+|Z|k k=30.8.
(4)

mm .

0.

ReT

(3) H .

(4) 6.

(a) Z=20 mm

Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

VZ/Vi

3
2

2.5

(b) Z=120 mm

Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

2.0
1.5
VZ/Vi

1.0

0.5

0.0
-0.5

-1
-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

-1.0

1.0

-0.5

Y/R

0.5

1.0

Y/R

1.2
(c) Z=624 mm

Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

0.8
0.4

1.0

(d) Z=850 mm

Temp. (K)
293
673
973
1273

0.5
VZ/Vi

VZ/Vi

0.0

0.0

0.0
-0.5
-0.4
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

-0.4

-0.2

Y/R

7
Fig.7 Axial velocity distributions under different temperatures

0.0
Y/R

0.2

0.4

875

(1 000 K).

(Vi=20 m/s)

Vt Vt / Vt0 = k H / D .

3.4

1273 K 2.5 dp50T

1.58
20% dp50T

1.23 .

. dp

[16]

. Stokes

dp50T
V 0 T
.
d p50T = d p50 0 t

Vt Vt

(5)

dp50T. (2931273 K)
2.5 dp50T 1.58 Vt 20%
dp50T 1.23 [7]

0
T
0
T

(mm)
(mm)
(mm)

(Pa)
(mm)
(mm)
(K)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(mm)
(Pas)
(Pas)
(Pas)
(kg/m3)
(kg/m3)

dp50
D
H
m
p0

(mm)
(mm)
(H=h+|Z|) (mm)

(Pa)

ReT
T0
Vt
VZ
Y

T
(K)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(mm)

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Numerical Simulation of Flow Field in a Cyclone Separator under High Temperature

WAN Gu-jun, WEI Yao-dong, SHI Ming-xian
(Department of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)
Abstract: In the temperature range from 293 K to 1273 K and the inlet gas velocity at 20 m/s, the flow field in a volute cyclone separator
with 300 mm diameter has been numerically simulated using a modified non-isotropy RSM model on the platform of commercial CFD
software package, FLUENT 6.1. The predicted results are in agreement with the experimental data. The computational results show that
temperature increase affects gas velocity vector much, especially tangential component. The temperature increase results in the tangential
velocity decrease. This tendency, however, becomes smooth when the temperature is above 1 000 K. The correlation between tangential
velocity and temperature is expressed as Vt / Vt 0 = k H / D . The influence of temperature on the axial velocity can contribute to the
change of rotation intensity of the tangential velocity. The downward axial velocities decrease when the rotation intensity becomes small
at high temperatures, but the upward ones increase a little. The increase of temperature affects the separation performance of cyclone
separator by changing the gas viscosity and tangential velocity. When temperature is to 1 273 K, the increase of gas viscosity increases
the cut-size diameter 1.58 times and the decrease of gas tangential velocity increases the cut-size diameter 1.23 times. The effect of gas
tangential velocity on the separation performance of cyclone is approximately equal to the effect of gas viscosity.
Key words: cyclone separator; high temperature; flow field; numerical simulation