Hydrodynamic Study of the Water/Oil Separation Process in a Hydrocyclone: Modeling and Simulation

• Published in: Diffusion foundations Vol. 24; pp. 25 - 36
• Main Authors: Barbosa de Lima, A.G., Cabral, E. Morais, da Silva Freitas, T.E., Brandão, V.A. Agra, Fernandes Magalhães, H. Luma, de Farias Neto, Severino Rodrigues
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 10.09.2019
• Subjects: Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulation; Hydrocyclones; Mathematical models; Separation; Three dimensional models; Hydrocyclone; Simulation; CFX; Multiphase Flow

Hydrocyclones are equipment that offer various advantages and have been the subject of studying for many researches related to separation processes of gas-solid, solid-liquid, and liquid-liquid mixtures. The purpose of this work is to study the oil-water separation process in a hydrocyclone by Compu...