Development of a post cyclone to improve the efficiency of reverse flow cyclones

Powder Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 97-108

  Jo, Youngmin ^a,b   Tien, Chi ^a   Ray, Madhumita B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emission control; Gas solid separation; Post cyclone; Reverse flow cyclone; Separation efficiency

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CONTROL; EXHAUST EMISSION; FINES; REVERSE FLOW CYCLONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; DISPERSION; DUST; EQUIPMENT; EXHAUST GAS; FLOCCULATION; GAS; GAS FLOW; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLID; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034694393     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(00)00206-0     Document Type: Article

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