Comparative study of the continuous phase flow in a cyclone separator using different turbulence models

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1175-1197

  Shalaby, H ^a   Pachler, Klaus ^b   Wozniak, Klaus ^a,c   Wozniak, Guenter ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

^c SIVUS gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclone separator; K model; Large eddy simulation; RSM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

GAS CYCLONE SEPARATOR; GAS FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); PHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL (RSM);

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 23144461473     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.942     Document Type: Article

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