A cyclone arrangement for separating particles or droplets from a fluid stream,
including at least two cyclones (1, 2, 3; 21, 22, 23), which have a tangential
intake opening (4, 5, 6; 24, 25) for the fluid stream and set the fluid
stream into rotation so that due to the resulting centrifugal force, particles
or droplets to be separated from the fluid stream may be discharged from the cyclone
separator through discharge openings (10, 11, 12). A plurality of cyclones
are connected in parallel, and the intake openings (4, 5, 6) of the cyclones
are closed or opened by a common slider (17; 24), which also has an opening
(15, 16, 17; 24, 25) in the vicinity of each cyclone intake opening for
passage of the fluid stream. The position and size of each slider opening is designed
such that in various slider settings, the fluid stream will reach a different number
of cyclone intake openings.