Cyclonic separator for water-sand

The customer

• Size: Medium-large enterprise
• Sector: Industrial water treatment
• Country: United Kingdom

The Project

• Size: 70-80 man-hours
• Duration: 2-3 weeks

The Problem

• Separation performance unknow for new production
• Erosion expected for larger particles separation
• Mechanical integrity assessment required

Proposed solution

• Model fluid flow for different multi-phase production scenarios (composition and flow rates)
• Assess mechanical compliance with ASME VIII Standard

The simulations

• Multi-phase steady state CFD simulation for the separation process (CFD analysis)
• Stress calculation for static and fluid induced loading scenarios (FE analysis)

Project overall results

• Erosion rate predicted and separation performance optimised.
• Savings over £17,000 for the customer in prototyping and testing (estimate).
• Savings of more than 8 weeks in development time (estimate).