SEPARATION CURVES OF A FLOW CLASSIFICATION
APPARATUS OF FINITE LENGTH

J. G. Dueck,a L. L. Min'kov,b 
and E. V. Pikushchakb 

UDC 621.928.42

A simplified model of operation of a flow classification 
apparatus of finite length for the case of a low-concentrated suspension 
has been analyzed. An analytical and numerical analysis of the behavior 
of the separation function has been made. Particular emphasis has 
been placed on such characteristics of classification as the size 
and sharpness of separation. A self-similar solution for the concentration 
of particles in each phase has been obtained and compared to the numerical 
solution.

aErlangen-Nuremberg University, 
D-91052, Germany; email: Johann.Dueck@uvt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de; 
b Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 
634050, Russia; email: lminkov@ftf.tsu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 171-178, May-June, 2006. Original 
article submitted February 7, 2005.