The Effect of the Dust Collection System on the Flowpattern and Separation Efficiency of a Gas Cyclone

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 464-470

  Hoffmann, A C ^a   De Groot, M ^a   Hospers, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flowpattern; Gas solid cyclone; Numerical simulation; Separation efficiency; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HOPPERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL GAS VELOCITY; DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM; DUST HOPPER; GAS SOLID CYCLONE; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SIMULATED GRADE EFFICIENCY CURVES; SWIRL ATTENUATOR; TURBULENCE MODEL;

DUST COLLECTORS;

CYCLONES; DUST ENTRAINMENT; FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 0030207815     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740405     Document Type: Article

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