ZHANG Yong, ZHOU Zhong-he, JIANG Ming-hu, XING Lei
At present,the structural optimization of the cyclone separator is mainly limited to the single-factor optimization of the control variable method,which can not accurately reflect the separation efficiency of the cyclone separator under the comprehensive factor condition,and the subtle changes in the structure and the interaction are difficult to control,therefore,it is difficult to further improve its separation efficiency. In order to solve this problem,a parameter optimization method based on response surface method was proposed for the first stage cyclone separator in catalytic cracking unit. The structural parameters of the cyclone separator were optimized by using the inclination angle α of taper pipe section,the inserting depth s of the exhaust pipe and the diameter De of the exhaust pipe,which have significant influence on separation efficiency,as the design variables and by using the separation efficiency and the pressure drop as the objective function. The results show that the efficiency of the cyclone separator was increased from the original 84.3% to 90.4% by using the response surface optimization method,and the velocity,pressure drop and separation efficiency before and after optimization were compared and analyzed. The response surface optimization method can intelligently optimize the combination of structural parameters from global perspective,shorten the CAD modeling and grid division time,and can achieve interactive optimization at the same time under multi-parameter conditions,effectively improving the efficiency;through numerical simulation and test, it was proved that the separation efficiency of optimized cyclone separator was better than that before optimization,the optimized cyclone separator has good symmetry of the velocity distribution,big speed difference and high separation efficiency,and can complete full separation task of smaller particles (particle size=12 μm) those before optimization.