Flow Field Analysis and Structural Optimization of a Three-Phase Hydrocyclone Based on CFD Method

Author

Jiang, Minghu ; Zhang, Yujie ; Zhao, Lixin ; Guan, Fengzhu

Author_Institution

Daqing Pet. Inst., Daqing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Based on computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method, flow field analysis and structural optimization of a three-phase hydrocyclone were carried out by using FLUENT soft pack. By numerical simulation analysis on de-gas and de-sand functions of the three-phase hydrocyclone, effect of different geometric parameters on de-gas and de-sand functions is studied. It is found that the change of overflow tube intrusion length, height of reverse-cone structure, and location of outflow holes influences a lot on separation results.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; cyclone separators; flow visualisation; numerical analysis; FLUENT soft pack; computational fluid dynamic method; degas functions; desand functions; flow field analysis; geometric parameter effect; numerical simulation analysis; outflow hole location; overflow tube intrusion length change; reverse-cone structure height; separation results; structural optimization; three-phase hydrocyclone; Computational fluid dynamics; Control systems; Equations; Numerical simulation; Optimization methods; Petroleum; Production; Solids; Surface cleaning; Surface treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5517482

Filename

5517482