Description
Cyclonic separation is a method of removing particulates from air, gas or liquid stream, without the use of filters through. Rotational effects and gravity are used to separate mixture of solids.
A high speed rotating (air) flow is established within a cylindrical or conical container called a cyclone.
Air flows in a helical pattern, beginning at the top (wide end) of the cyclone and ending at the bottom (narrow) end before exiting the cyclone in a straight stream through the center of the cyclone and out the top. Larger (denser) particles in the rotating stream have too much inertia to follow the tight curve of the stream, and strike the outside wall, then falling to the bottom of the cyclone where they can be removed.
