| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L96578/01 |
| Title: |
AN INTELLIGENT COMPUTER BASED PROCEDURE FOR DESIGN OF HYDROCYCLONES FOR PARTICLE SEPARATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dyakowski, Professor T |
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Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
UMIST |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 1998 |
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30 April 2001 |
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172,729
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Our primary aim is to develop an intelligent procedure, based on a computer model, whereby the process engineer specifies a target separation requirement and the required separator geometry and operating conditions can be predicted. A fully-three dimensional computational code will be developed for calculating hydrocyclone efficiency - this will be tested against conventional scale-up rules and against experimental measurements of axial and radial dispersed-phase concentration profiles obtained by instrumenting the hydrocyclones with multiplane electrical resistance imaging sensors. Experimental work will focus on two important separations, namely oil/water and liquid/solid dewatering. The concept of bespoke hydrocyclone geometry design will be tested for these two systems with industrial users.
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