Cyclone

Cyclonic separation is a method of removing particulates from an air, gas or liquid stream, Without the use of filters, through vortex separation. Rotational effects and gravity are used to separate mixtures of solids and fluids. Larger denser particles in the rotating stream have too much inertia to follow the tight curve of the stream, and strike the outside wall, then falling to the bottom of the cyclone where they can be removed. In a conical system, as the rotating flow moves towards the narrow end of the cyclone, the rotational radius of the stream is reduced, thus separating smaller and smaller particles.