Impact of eccentricity on bubble size, gas hold-up, and separation
efficiency in a planar cyclone
Abstract
The movement of fine bubbles in a swirling field determines the mass
transfer, heat transfer, and reaction performance of the swirl
equipment. This study investigated the separation of fine bubbles
strengthened by a swirling field in order to achieve higher separation
efficiency of the planar cyclone through optimizing the structure of the
convection field. The bubble size and gas holdup in the swirling flow
field under different working conditions were explored by combining
high-speed camera online measurement and computational fluid
dynamics(CFD) simulation. The gas holdup and bubble size of each region
in the swirl region, as well as the separation efficiency of gas by
swirl eccentricity, were observed at different liquid and gas Reynolds
numbers, Rel and Reg,
respectively. Furthermore, the influence of different swirl
eccentricities, dc, was investigated. It found
that the highest separation efficiency can be achieved under all working
conditions when swirl eccentricity dc= 5 mm.