Liquid-Liquid Cyclone | Twin-Cone Oil-Water Separation | Cyclogen5D

Geometry Parameters

Body Diameter (Dc)

mm

Do / Dc (overflow) C-T 0.35

Du / Dc (underflow) C-T 0.25

L_cyl / Dc C-T 1.0

Large Taper Angle (θ1) C-T 20°

deg

Small Taper Angle (θ2) C-T 1.5°

deg

L_tail / Dc C-T 0.5

L_vf / Dc C-T 0.4

Inlet Velocity

m/s

Fluid Pair

ρd=820 ρc=1025 kg/m³ | μc=1.08 mPa·s | σ=25 mN/m

ρ_d kg/m³

ρ_c kg/m³

μ_c Pa·s

σ N/m

Computed Dimensions

Do 26.3 mm

Du 18.8 mm

Di (inlet) 18.8 mm

L_cyl 75.0 mm

L_large 111.7 mm

D_trans 35.6 mm

L_small 644.6 mm

L_tail 37.5 mm

L_vf 30.0 mm

L_total 868.8 mm

L/Dc 11.58

Flow Estimates

Re (inlet) 150,000

Flow rate 2.21 L/s

A_inlet 276.1 mm²

A_overflow 541.2 mm²

A_underflow 276.1 mm²

Separation Performance (d50)

Stokes Migration 23.6 µm

Colman-Thew 31.3 µm

Residence Time 31.0 µm

Average d50 28.6 µm

Pressure Drop & Energy

ΔP — kPa

Euler number —

Specific energy — W

Split Ratio & Reject Quality

Reject ratio (F = Q_reject/Q)

Feed oil concentration

ppm

Reject oil (overflow) — ppm

Clean water (underflow) — ppm

Oil removal efficiency — %

Droplet Breakup Check

Weber number (inlet) —

Max stable droplet — µm

d_max / d50 —

Multi-Stage Cascade

Number of stages

Effective d50 (cascade) — µm

Cascade ΔP (total) — kPa

Cascade removal eff. — %

Feed Droplet Size Distribution

DSD median (d_v50)

µm

Geometric std dev (σg)

Coalescence Check

Reject velocity — m/s

Coalescence time — s

Min. header length — mm

Sizing From Spec

Target d50

µm

Target flow rate

L/s

Liner Arrangement

Number of liners

Liner Dc — mm

Liner d50 — µm

Liner ΔP — kPa

d50 improvement —

Multi-Objective Optimization

Export

Process Flow Schematic

Pareto Front: d50 vs ΔP

Grade Efficiency Curve

Turndown: d50 & ΔP vs Flow Rate

Scale-Up: d50 & Q vs Body Diameter