Cyclone Design Equations and Formulas Calculator
Air Filtration, Quality, Purification and Pollution Control
Solving for proportionality factor

Inputs:
Conversions:
| Pdrop | = | 0 | | = | 0 | meter |
| T | = | 0 | | = | 0 | kelvin |
| Q | = | 0 | | = | 0 | meter^3/second |
| P | = | 0 | | = | 0 | atmosphere |
| pgas | = | 0 | | = | 0 | kilogram/meter^3 |
Solution:
| proportionality factor (K) | = | HAS NOT BEEN CALCULATED | |
Other Units:
| vradial |
= |
radial velocity |
| vinlet |
= |
inlet velocity |
| pparticle | = | particle or particulate density |
| pair | = | air density |
| r | = | radial distance |
| w | = | rotational velocity |
| d | = | particle particulate or diameter |
| Pdrop | = | pressure drop |
| Q | = | gas flow rate |
| P | = | absolute pressure |
| pgas | = | gas density |
| u |
= |
air viscosity |
| ugas |
= |
gas viscosity |
| K | = | proportionality factor |
| T | = | temperature |
| v | = | settling velocity |
| S | = |
separation factor |
| N |
= |
approximate effective turns |
| h |
= |
inlet height |
| Lcylinder |
= |
cylinder length |
| Lcone |
= |
cone length |
| dcut |
= |
cut diameter |
| W |
= |
inlet width |
References - Books:
1) P. Aarne Vesilind, J. Jeffrey Peirce and Ruth F. Weiner. 1994. Environmental Engineering. Butterworth Heinemann. 3rd ed.