Two empirical hydrocyclone models revisited

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 671-687

  Nageswararao, K ^a   Wiseman, D M ^b,d   Napier Munn, T J ^c  

^a NFTDC   (India)

^b David Wiseman Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Hydrocyclones; Modelling; Separation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; STORMS;

CLASSIFICATION; HYDROCYCLONES; MINERAL PROCESSING;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 2442670558     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.01.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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