Abstract:
Carrying of Liquid particles within gas flow on vapour compression
refrigeration systems can cause serious problems in process plant and
operation. Cyclone separator is a simple, compact, low weight, low cost and
high efficiency separator. This paper is focused in study the performance
of cyclone separator for separating liquid particles in vapour compression
refrigeration system. Mathematical models and computer program (MATLAB)
have been used to study the performance, settling velocity and cut-point
diameter. The results shown that: the performance for the cyclone separator
increases as the mass particles and inlet velocity increased. In addition, the
collection efficiency of the cyclone increased linearly as the mass of particles
and inlet velocity increased. Moreover, the collection efficiency increased as
the cut-point diameter decreased.
