Abstract

This paper applies computational fluid dynamics to study the influence of turbulence models in the behavior of cyclonic separators, we used different turbulence models to model the behavior of single phase air into the cyclone separator, between them, Standard k-epsilon, RNG k-epsilon, Realizable k-epsilon and Spalart Allamara model, employment numerically with FLUENT®code in its version 6.3, using the finite volume method, we compared the tangential velocity profiles obtained numerically with experimental data, the finite volume method applied to fluid dynamics problems is a useful and important tool for the conceptualization of the phenomenon to be studied, establishing a relationship between the approximation schemes used and the physical effects involved in transport phenomena analyze.

Keywords

Cyclones, Computational fluid dynamics, Turbulence