Oil/water separation in liquid/liquid hydrocyclones (LLHC): Part 2 - Mechanistic modeling

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 362-372

  Caldenley, Juan ^a   Gomez, Carlos ^a   Wang, Shoubo ^a   Gomez, Luis ^a   Mohan, Ram ^a   Shoham, Ovadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OILS AND FATS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER;

CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY BALANCE ANALYSIS; HYDROCYCLONES; MECHANISTIC MODELING; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036965007     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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