Performance analysis of gas-liquid cylindrical cyclone (GLCC) separator with an inclined and perforated wall

作     者：HUANG Shanfang WEN Yiqian WANG Dong 

作者机构：Department of Engineering Physics Tsinghua University Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Corp. Ltd School of Energy and Power Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University 

出 版 物：《Nuclear Science and Techniques》 (核技术（英文）)

年 卷 期：2013年第24卷第1期

页      面：53-64页

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学科分类：08[工学] 082701[工学-核能科学与工程] 0827[工学-核科学与技术] 

基　　金：Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51006068) Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory,Nuclear Power Institute of China 

主　　题：旋风分离器 性能分析 旋流器 圆筒形 先进压水堆 孔壁 分离效率 结构参数 

摘      要：As primary separators in pressurized water reactors (PWRs), cyclone separators separate most of the water from vapor-water two-phase mixture, which is important to the safety and economics of nuclear power plants. To improve the performance of cyclone separators, we tested new structures in this study, e.g. porosity and inclined angle of the separator wall. Under different structures, separation efficiency and pressure drop were studied theoretically and experimentally. Results show that each of the structural parameters has an effect on separator performance, but none of the trends is monotonically in experimental ranges. Besides separator structures, the comprehensive performance is also determined by flow patterns. From segregated to homogeneous flow, the separation ability decreases. The separation efficiency is about 5% higher at 20° inclined angle when the superficial velocities are 0.012 and 16 m·s-1 for the liquid and gas, respectively. The separation efficiency is only 91% without an impeller, while it is up to 100% at the same superficial velocities of air and water, 16 and 0.015 m·s-1 , respectively. Based on the study, it is promising to understand deeply the separation mechanism and further to provide data for designing large-scaled separators for advanced pressurized water reactors.