The effect of oil and gas content on the controllability and separation in a De-oiling hydrocyclone

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-314

  Belaidi, A ^a   Thew, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free gas; Hydrocyclone; Separation efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; SEPARATION;

HYDROCYCLONES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW STABILITY; HYDROCYCLONE; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; OIL; VELOCITY; WATER;

EID: 0037729254     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/02638760360596856     Document Type: Article

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