Hydrocylone and Gravity Sepration | PDF | Fluidization ...
Hydrocyclone. Hydrocyclones have been used for mineral processing for more than 100 years. Nowadays hydrocyclones are extensively used in the industry to remove or classify particles, and to separate particles by density or size. Hydraulic residence times for hydrocyclones are about 1 to 2 second, compared to several minutes for traditional gravity separators .