Gas-Solid Cyclone Separator | Stairmand Sizing | Cyclogen5D

1. Geometry Parameters

Geometry Set

Body Diameter (Dc)

mm

De / Dc (vortex finder)St 0.50

a / Dc (inlet height)St 0.50

b / Dc (inlet width)St 0.25

S / Dc (VF depth)St 0.625

h / Dc (cylinder height)St 1.50

H / Dc (total height)St 4.00

B / Dc (cone tip)St 0.375

2. Operating Conditions

Inlet Velocity (Vi)

m/s

Gas Pressure

bar

Temperature

°C

3. Gas Properties

—

ρ_gkg/m³

μ_gPa·s

4. Particle Properties

Particle Density (ρp)

kg/m³

5. Computed Dimensions

De—

a (inlet H)—

b (inlet W)—

S (VF depth)—

h (cyl height)—

H (total)—

H_cone—

B (tip dia)—

L/D ratio—

Inlet area—

Re (inlet)—

6. Flow Estimates

Q (m³/s)—

Q (Am³/h)—

Gas mass flow—

7. Separation Performance

d50 Lapple—

d50 Barth—

d50 Average—

Effective turns N_e

Sharpness exponent m

Leith-Licht: η(d)=1−exp(−0.693×(d/d50)^m)

8. Pressure Drop & Energy

ΔP Shepherd-Lapple—

ΔP Casal-Martinez—

N_H (S-L coeff)—

Eu (S-L)—

Shaft power—

K factor (S-L)

Friction factor f (C-M)

9. Solids Loading

Solids mass flow

kg/s

SLR (solids/gas)—

Loading regime—

Muschelknautz factor—

10. Feed Particle Size Distribution

PSD median

µm

Geometric std dev (σg)

Bulk removal efficiency—

11. Multi-Stage Cascade

Number of stages

Cascade d50—

Total ΔP—

Overall removal—

12. Multicyclone Arrangement

Number of cyclones (N)

Per-unit Dc—

Per-unit d50—

Bundle ΔP—

13. Turndown Check

Flow fraction

Turndown Vi—

Turndown d50—

Turndown ΔP—

14. Multi-Objective Optimization

15. Export

Turndown: d50 & ΔP vs Flow

Scale-Up: d50 vs Dc (fixed ratios)

Pareto Front: d50 vs ΔP

Grade Efficiency Curve