Normalisation of the efficiency curves of hydrocyclone classifiers

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Nageswararao, K ^a  

^a NFTDC   (India)

Author keywords

Classification; Hydrocyclones; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

BYPASS MECHANISM; HYDROCYCLONES; KELSALL TRANSFORMATION;

CLASSIFIERS;

EID: 0032735770     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(98)00123-x     Document Type: Article

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