THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PROCESS
OF CLEANING OIL-POLLUTED SOIL IN HYDROCYCLONE
APPARATUSES

O. V. Matvienko and E. V. Evtyushkin

UDC 621.928.37

On the basis of the Reynolds equations, a numerical investigation 
of the flow and separation of oil-polluted soil particles in a hydrocyclone 
has been conducted. It has been shown that as a result of the hydrocycloning 
it is possible to concentrate the pollutant in a negligible quantity 
of soil (of the order of a few percent), which permits reducing its 
cleaning costs.

Tomsk State Architectural-Building University, 2 Solyanaya 
Sq., Tomsk, 634003, Russia; email: matvolegv@mail.ru. Translated from 
Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 72-80, May-June, 
2007. Original article submitted July 29, 2005; revision submitted 
June 1, 2006.