Experimental fluid dynamic characterization of a cyclone chamber

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-96

  Solero, Giulio ^a   Coghe, Aldo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclone separators; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Swirling flows

Indexed keywords

PHASE SEPARATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEPARATORS; STORMS;

CYCLONE CHAMBERS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CYCLONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS-SOLID SEPARATION; SWIRLING FLOW;

EID: 0037247561     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(02)00221-2     Document Type: Article

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