Cyclone including an inlet diffuser tube

摘要

A wet cyclone having a slender body with a truncated cone at an end thereof includes a heavy fraction outlet at an apex of the truncated cone and an immersion tube on the other end of the body. The immersion tube is cylindrical for withdrawal of a light non-gaseous fraction. A diffuser within the immersion tube deflects the flow within the tube for recovery of pressure head. The diffuser is disposed at a distance from the inlet end of the immersion tube of at least about half the inside diameter of the immersion tube.