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HYDROCYCLONE GEOMETRY HMI
Rietema Parametric Design
Interactive geometry + performance optimization
Geometry Parameters
Body Diameter
mm
Cone Angle
deg
VF/D Ratio
Rietema 0.35
UF/D Ratio
Rietema 0.20
L_body / D
Rietema 1.0
L_vf / D
Rietema 0.4
Inlet Velocity
m/s
Particle Material
Quartz sand (2650 kg/m3)
Bastnaesite REE (5000 kg/m3)
Monazite REE (5150 kg/m3)
Xenotime REE (4750 kg/m3)
Calcite (2710 kg/m3)
Iron ore (4800 kg/m3)
Coal fines (1400 kg/m3)
Catalyst fines (1700 kg/m3)
Barite (4480 kg/m3)
Drilling cuttings (2400 kg/m3)
Density: 2650 kg/m3 | Sphericity: 0.75
Reset to Rietema Defaults
Computed Dimensions
D_vf
26.3 mm
D_uf
15.0 mm
D_in
18.8 mm
L_body
75.0 mm
L_vf
30.0 mm
L_cone
127.9 mm
L_total
202.9 mm
L/D
2.71
Flow Estimates
Re (inlet)
187,125
Flow rate
2.77 L/s
A_inlet
277.0 mm2
A_overflow
541.2 mm2
A_underflow
176.7 mm2
OF/UF area
3.06
Separation Performance (d50)
CFD-cal
Plitt (1976)
4.5 um
Bradley (1965)
7.2 um
JKMRC (2004)
10.7 um
Average d50
7.5 um
CFD-cal d50
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Pressure Drop & Energy
ΔP (Plitt)
— kPa
Euler number
—
Specific energy
— W
Multi-Objective Optimization
Pareto Front: d50 vs ΔP
Apply Selected Point
Minimize d50 Only (Plitt)
Apply Optimum
Export
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About
Plitt and Rietema correlations with the CFD-cal coefficient toggle adjusting the Plitt constant against an OpenFOAM RSM validation run. Geometry bounds enforced to Rietema proportions. All math runs in-browser, no data leaves this page.
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Pareto Front: d50 vs ΔP
Grade Efficiency Curve (Plitt)