A cyclone separator is a device that separates solid particles from a fluid using centrifugal force and gravity in its inner chamber. Among cyclone separators, the separator that uses water as a working fluid is called as hydrocyclone separator, which has been developed for the purpose of dehydrating solid mixtures with a proportion of solids floating in liquids greater than 1, such as soil, coal, and cement slurry. In this paper, a hydrocyclone was designed based on the previously proposed design method, and how different the performance is from the targeted value was investigated using the computational fluid dynamics.

A centrifugal cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes a hydro cyclone dust collecting apparatus for separating solid or liquid using liquid or suspension as a medium. In this study, the formation mechanism and improvement of air core and inner air layer were confirmed through Particle Image Velocimetry. These results showed that the modified experimental model was designed in the conventional method suitable for the separation of juvenile fish and eggs. The inlet speed of the multi-stage hydrocyclone dust collector, which can increase the inlet velocity and minimize floatage in the turbulence chamber, was increased from 0.15 to 0.30 m/s. As a result, the air core was stably formed, the inner air layer was increased with increasing speed. In addition, the dust collecting efficiency of egg and juvenile fish was 97.8% on average, It can infer that this system confirmed the ability to efficiently collect particles of 40 μm or more.

하이드로사이클론은 다양한 산업 방면의 고·액 분리를 위해 널리 사용되어왔다. 왜냐하면 하이드로사이클론의 적당한 응용으로 폭넓은 범위의 입자에 적용이 가능하기 때문이다. 불순물을 함유한 해수가 펌프나 열교환기로 흘러가면 그것은 해수 냉각시스템의 효율을 저하시키는 원인이 된다. 본 연구에서는 하이드로사이클론을 이용한 해수 냉각시스템에서 불순물을 분리하는 몇가지 방법을 제시했다. 설계의 영향을 미치는 인자로서 고체농도, 사이클론 입구압력, 하부배출구의 직경과 유량에 따른 하이드로사이클론의 분리효율에 대해 연구를 하였다. 이 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 고형물질의 농도가 감소할수록 고·액 분리의 효율이 증가하였다. 2) 사이클론 입구압력이 증가함에 따라 분리효율이 증가하였다. 결과적으로 이 연구에서는 하이드로사이클론을 기계류 냉각시스템의 전처리장치로 사용한다면 엔진시스템에서 예상치 못했던 사고를 방지할 수 있을 것이다.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the operational characteristics of wastewater treatment using Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) with Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) separator in the pilot plant. Pilot plant experiments were conducted using SBR with AGS separator and pollution removal efficiencies were evaluated based on the operational condition and surface properties of AGS. The results of the operation on water quality of the effluent showed that the average concentration of total organic carbon, suspended solids, nitrogen, and phosphorus was 6.89 mg/L, 7.33 mg/L, 7.33 mg/L, and 0.2 mg/L, respectively. All these concentrations complied the effluent standard in Korea. The concentration of mixed liquor suspended solid (MLSS) fluctuated, but the AGS/MLSS ratio was constant at 86.5±1.3%. Although the AGS/MLSS ratio was constant, sludge volume index improved. These results suggested that the particle discharged fine sludge and increased the AGS praticle size in the AGS. Optical microscopy revealed the presence of dense AGS at the end of the operation, and particles of > 0.6 mm were found. Compared to those of belt-type AGS separator, the required area and power consumption of the hydrocyclone-type AGS separator were reduced by 27.5% and 83.8%, respectively.