Abstract—In many industrial processes, such as air pollution control and environmental cleaning processes for removing large particles cyclones have been traditionally used as a precleaners. But in many pollution control applications a high efficiency cyclone designed to remove smaller particles can now be used as the final filter or process collector. A well designed high efficiency cyclone can capture more than 99 percent of particles (by weight) as small as about 5 microns. In order to carry out an assessment of the design and performance of cyclone, parameters like collection efficiency of particle and pressure drop through the cyclone must be considered. The collection efficiency of cyclone separator is directly related to the design parameters and operational parameters. The design parameters such as dimensions of the cyclone separator, operating temperature and particle density affects the cyclone collection efficiency. Operating parameter such as inlet velocity of cyclone separator also affect the collection efficiency of cyclone separator. The purpose of study of this review paper is to focus on the effect of various design parameters and the operating parameter on the performance of cyclone separators.

Index Terms—Cyclone separator, Design parameters, Operating parameter, Collection efficiency

Cite: Snehal S Gawali and M B Bhambere, "Effect of Design and the Operating Parameters on the Performance of Cyclone Separator - A Review," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 244-248, January 2015.