Application of Cyclone in Water Treatment

In this investigation design, instalation and efficiency of cyclone in separation of particles from water were studied.A cyclone was designed with a diameter of 10 cm.In order to have uniform suspended particles synthetic samples were provided by granit factory. The efficiency of system was optained with varied flow and concentration of particles from inlet and outlet.The resultes showed that the removal efficency of particles increased with increased particles size and liquid velocity. In the range of selected velocity, the removal efficiency for particles over 144 micron was found between 79 to 93.5% and for particles over 5 micron was 51.2 to 63.1%.Due to ease of construction, cost and high efficiency, cyclones can be considerd as an suitable unit in seperation of particles in water and wastewater treatment.