Separation Characteristics of Swirl-Tube Dust Separators

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-96

  Peng, Weiming ^a   Hoffmann, Alex C ^a   Dries, Huub ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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

Author keywords

Cyclone; Gas cleaning; Grade efficiency curve; Pressure drop; Separation efficiency; Swirl tube

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; SEPARATION; VANE PUMPS;

GRADE EFFICIENCY CURVES (GEC); SWIRL TUBES;

SWIRLING FLOW;

CYCLONE; EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE DROP; SEPARATOR; VANE;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; DUST; EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

EID: 1042291203     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10008     Document Type: Article

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