Cyclone Separator

The gas stream enters the Cyclone Separator tangentially. This starts a cyclone action throwing the liquids to the wall of the vessel. The gas comes down to the vortex finder plate, and reverses back up to the gas outlet pipe. In the centre of the vortex finder plate is a hole connected to the top sealed section by a recycle pipe. As the gas goes out, a low pressure area is created by the cyclone effect. This low pressure area is transmitted to the sealed section by the recycle line, and has a suction effect on the gap in the outlet pipe. Any remaining liquids are pulled through this gap and returned to the lower portion of the vessel by the recycle tube. These separators will remove 99.9% of all free liquids and solids 5 microns and larger when operated under design conditions.