Abstract
Classifying cyclones are a widely used device for achieving ultrafine particle size separations in industrial applications. However, inherent deficiencies include particle density effects in multi-component suspensions and ultrafine particle short-circuiting to the underflow stream due to hydraulic entrainment. A detailed in-plant test program has been conducted to evaluate the benefits of tangential water injection into the apex portion of a classification cyclone for the removal or minimization of the ultrafine by-pass. Based on models developed using the test results, ultrafine by-pass can be reduced by 50% or more while maintaining the same corrected d50 value through complex manipulation of operating and geometric parameters. In a subsequent test, the by-pass was reduced from 15% to about 7% while maintaining a d50(c) value of 26 microns. However, the magnitude of the benefit in by-pass reduction is subject to the geometric parameters of the conventional classifying cyclone.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1445-1457 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Minerals Engineering |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work presented in this publication was funded in parl by' the W. S. Department of Energy (Project Contract No.: DE-AC26-98FT40152). Thc authors express appreciation to Mr. Carl Maronde for his technical support and Mr. John Wiseman for assisting with the apparatus and sample analyses.
Keywords
- Classification
- Coal
- Fine particle processing
- Hydrocyclones
- Modeling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- General Chemistry
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
- Mechanical Engineering