Gas-particle flow inside cyclone diplegs with pneumatic extraction

Powder Technology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-91

  Gil, A ^a   Cortes C ^a   Romeo, L M ^a   Velilla, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclone separator; Dipleg; Gas solid flow; Hot wire anemometry; Pressurized fluidized bed combustion; Swirling flow

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CYCLONE DIPLEGS;

EXTRACTION;

CYCLONE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DEVICE; ENERGY; EXTRACTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRESSURE; SOLID; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037021399     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(02)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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