Experimental Study and CFD Simulation of Decoking Hydrocyclone in Jam Petrochemical Company

In this work CFD simulation of water-coke hydrocyclone has been considered and influence of effective parameters have been investigated. The RSM turbulence model, mixture multiphase approach Schiller Naumann drag model have been used. The results are in good agreement with empirical data from industrial hydrocyclone in Jam Petrochemical Company. The simulation results show that with enhancement of entrance particle size the separation efficiency increases. Moreover, three different turbulence models (RNG K-ε, Realizable k-ε and RSM) applied in this work and results show that the RSM is the best approach in terms of accuracy. Moreover, changes in mass flow rate in inlet show that increasing the flow rate can increase the efficiency. Additionally, the number of inlets has been examined in this study. The results show that the two inlets design can produce the better results compared to single inlet one.