Advantages and risks in increasing cyclone separator length

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2452-2460

  Hoffmann, A C ^a   De Groot, M ^b   Peng, W ^b   Dries, H W A ^c   Kater, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DROP; SEPARATORS;

SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; EFFICIENCY; PREDICTION MODEL; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0035510054     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690471109     Document Type: Article

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