Abstract
As mentioned in Chap. 1, cyclones work as a result of the centrifugal forces acting on the particles suspended in the swirling gas stream. This causes the particles, which are denser than the gas, to move outward to the cyclone wall, along which they are transported downward to the dust exit. The cleaned gas leaves near the centerline, in a reverse-flow cyclone through the roof. In a ‘once-through’ or ‘flow-through’ cyclone, the cleaned gas exits out the bottom3.
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Hoffmann, A.C., Stein, L.E. (2002). How Cyclones Work. In: Gas Cyclones and Swirl Tubes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07377-3_3
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