Abstract
The cyclone separator has been used for the separation of particles or dust in a gas or liquid stream. High separation efficiency can be obtained at the high centrifugal region with a high nozzle velocity when the density of the separated material is much larger than that of the working fluid. The decrease of the separation efficiency at the low centrifugal region was studied using a liquid cyclone separator where the separated particle density is near that of the liquid. A special eddy breaker was proposed to increase the separation efficiency at the low centrifugal region. An improvement of over 20% was obtained with the insertion of an eddy breaker at the appropriate location in the liquid cyclone separator.
