 Study of GLR and Inlet Velocity on Hydrocyclone for Fracturing Flow-Back FluidsBing Liu, Huajian Wang, Luncao Li, Zhenjiang Zhao, Liping Xu and Jianliang Xue Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2019, vol. 2019, 1-12 Abstract: In this work, based on the Reynolds stress model (RSM) of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software Fluent and experimental method, the velocity field, pressure characteristics, split ratio, and separation efficiency of the hydrocyclone are analyzed under different gas-liquid ratios (GLRs). For the inlet velocity, the lower limit is ascertained by the flow field stability, the upper limit is largely determined by the energy consumption, and the optimum range is 4 m/s to 10 m/s. Within the optimum range, the peak value of tangential velocity increases while the GLR increases, whereas the pressure and pressure drop decrease. With the increase in the GLR, the axial velocity decreases, and the locus of zero vertical velocity shifts inward. The increase in the GLR causes more gas to collect at the vortex finder, which hinders the discharge of the solid-liquid mixture from the overflow, and the larger the GLR, the faster the decrease in the split ratio. The separation efficiency of particles with a particle size of 15  μ m is increased by 6.75%, and the separation efficiency of particles with a particle size of 30  μ m is increased by 0.57%. Meanwhile, the separation efficiency is increased by 2.43%, and the cut size is reduced as the GLR increases. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:7324136 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7324136 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Mathematical Problems in Engineering from Hindawi |
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