A design tool for optimising axial liquid-liquid hydrocyclones

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 721-731

  Delfos, R ^a   Murphy, S ^a   Stanbridge, D ^b   Olujic Z ^a   Jansens, P J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CDS Engineering   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dewatering; Environmental; Hydrocyclones; Modelling; Particle size; Pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIMULATION; STORMS; SWIRLING FLOW; TRAJECTORIES; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CYCLONE GEOMETRIES; HYDROCYCLONES; PARTICLE SIZE;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 2442642897     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.01.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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