Hydrocyclones

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Fundamentals and New Areas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Bradley Hydrocyclones: Design and Performance Analysis

      • M. Antunes, R. A. Medronho

      Pages 3-13

   3. The Characteristics of Hydraulic Interaction between Adjacent Hydrocyclones

      • A. B. Sinker, M. T. Thew

      Pages 15-30

   4. An Evaluation of Formal Experimental Design Procedures for Hydrocyclone Modelling

      • J. J. Cilliers, R. C. Austin, J. P. Tucker

      Pages 31-49

   5. The Effect of the Air Core on the Flow Field within Hydrocyclones

      • Qian Luo, Ji Run Xu

      Pages 51-62

   6. An Evaluation of the Plitt and Lynch & Rao Models for the Hydrocyclones

      • M. A. Z. Coelho, R. A. Medronho

      Pages 63-72

   7. Determination of Phase Behaviour in De-Watering Hydrocyclones Using Resistivity Measurements: Feasibility Study

      • M. T. Thew, M. F. Becker

      Pages 73-93

   8. Fluid-Flow Model of the Hydrocyclone for Concentrated Slurry Classification

      • Raj K. Rajamani, Ludovic Milin

      Pages 95-108

   9. Prospects for the Use of Hydrocyclones for Biological Separations

      • D. Rickwood, J. Onions, B. Bendixen, Ian Smyth

      Pages 109-119

   10. A Parametric Evaluation of the Hydrocyclone Separation of Drilling Mud from Drilled Rock Chippings

       • K. J. Walker, T. J. Veasey, I. P. T. Moore

       Pages 121-132

3. Design and Operation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. A New Method of Testing Hydrocyclone Grade Efficiencies

      • Ladislav Svarovsky, Jan Svarovsky

      Pages 135-145

   3. Effect of Solids Feed Grade on the Separation of Slurries in Hydrocyclones

      • E. Ortega-Rivas, L. Svarovsky

      Pages 147-175

   4. A Cylindrical Hydrocyclone

      • Huixin Yuan

      Pages 177-189

   5. Prediction of Underflow Medium Density in Dense Medium Cyclones

      • T. J. Napier-Munn, I. A. Scott, R. Tuteja, J. J. Davis, T. Kojovic

      Pages 191-214

   6. The Effect of Rheology on the Performance of Hydrocyclones

      • Richard R. Horsley, Quoc-Khanh Tran, John A. Reizes

      Pages 215-227

   7. Development of a Cyclonic De-Gassing Separator for Use in a Roadside Fuel Dispenser

      • P. D. G. Massingberd-Mundy, K. B. Snooks, J. G. Gulliver

      Pages 229-241

4. Practical Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Revolutionary Metal/Ceramic and Polymer Composite Technologies to Form Net Shape Erosion/Corrosion Resistant Hydrocyclone Apexes and Liners

      • Jerry Weinstein, Matt Schreiner, Richard Webb

      Pages 245-262

It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that we introduce this volume which comprises the papers accepted for the 4th International Conference on Hydrocyclones held in Southampton from 23rd to 25th September 1992. As the name implies, this is the fourth Conference in the series, with the previous ones held in Cambridge in 1980, Bath in 1984 and Oxford in 1987. The papers cover a wide span of activities, from fundamental research to advances in industrial practice and, as in the earlier volumes, make a significant contribution of lasting value to the technical literature on hydrocyclones. Hydrocyclones continue to widen their appeal to engineers; besides their traditional role in mineral processing they now attract a lot of attention in chemical engineering, the oil and gas industry, power generation, the food industry, textiles, metal working, waste water treatment, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and other industries. The reason for this continuously increasing attention is, as David Parkinson (General Manager of Conoco (UK)) said recently, that" ... a hydrocyclone is an engineering dream, a machine with no moving parts." Yet as this Volume clearly shows, the hydrocyclone can do so many things and do them well, whether the application is in solid-liquid, liquid-liquid or liquid-gas separation.

• Erosion
• Fundament
• design
• development
• production

• University of Bradford, UK

  L. Svarovsky

• University of Southampton, UK

  M. T. Thew

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