Reduction of Energy Consumption for Suspension Separation Process Implementation in Hydrocyclones

The problem of judicious selection of hydrocyclone design parameters to minimize energy consumption while ensuring the required suspension separation indicators with a prescribed volume output was studied. Theoretical analysis showed that energy consumption would be minimal if the inlet pipe diameter is 0.366 part of the diameter of the cylindrical part of the hydrocyclone and the diameter of the top drain-pipe, which can be determined by an equation depending on the angle of the tapering part of the hydrocyclone and on the ratio of the diameter of the separation boundary grain to the diameter of the tapering part of the hydrocyclone. The dispersed phase to dispersion medium density ratio does not affect energy consumption.