Swirling flow structures in electrostatic precipitator

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 259-275

  Ullum, Thorvald ^a   Larsen, Poul Scheel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrostatic precipitator; Large eddy simulation; Particle image velocimetry; Secondary flow

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SWIRLING FLOW; VELOCIMETERS;

BARBED-WIRE; BULK VELOCITY; FLOW MAPPING; HOT-WIRE;

ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS;

EID: 18844390210     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-005-6772-9     Document Type: Article

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