Water Split Behaviour in Cylindrical and Conical Cyclones

Cyclones of various designs are in use in the mineral indu-stry to separate particles based on size and/or density. Apart from mineral industry they are also used in the chemical industry food processing industry, power plants etc. It is, therefore, clear that cyclones have wide spread applications and naturally research work towards understanding the actual separation mechanism inside a cyclone has been a major topic amongst all those relevant areas. However, development of suitable mathematical models towards tailor-made designs of cyclones is still lacking due to the complexities associated with it.