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Hydrocyclones are widely used as a separator apparatus for solid liquid flows, because of their simple structure and low cost. The particle velocity distribution and particle tracking have been simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) k-epsilon turbulent model and compared with the laboratory scale hydrocyclone experimental results. It is well known that the solid removal efficiency depends on operation related to flow rate, particle size distribution of the feed and also on the geometry of hydrocyclone and underflow ratio to overflow. In recent years, a many research groups focused on the simulation of flow field and particle tracking within hydrocyclone using CFD and have become increasingly applied. This work simulated the particle velocity tracking pattern to efficiency prediction in a hydrocyclone. The flow field and particle traking of the hydrocyclone was simulated with commercial CFD code Fluent 6.3.23. The CFD simulated the velocity field and particle tracking will be useful tool to analysis the behavior of particles in the hydrocyclone.