The influence of hydrocyclone construction parameters on nonlinear viscoplastic fluid hydrodynamics was analyzed using numerical modeling. The influence of the cone angle of the hydrocyclone case conical part and a dimensionless flow-rate parameter on axial damping of the tangential velocity component and the fluid film thickness was established. The influence of the construction parameters on the separating capability of the hydrocyclone was analyzed preliminarily. A physical justification of the results was presented.
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Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftegazovoe Mashinostroenie, No. 8, pp. 6–10, August, 2015.
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Yablonskii, V.O. Influence of Hydrocyclone Construction Parameters on Nonlinear Viscoplastic Fluid Hydrodynamics. Chem Petrol Eng 51, 515–521 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10556-015-0078-0
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