Simulation of mass-loading effects in gas-solid cyclone separators

Powder Technology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Derksen, J J ^a   Sundaresan, S ^b   van den Akker, H E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Cyclone separators; Euler Lagrange; LES; Mass loading; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EULER-LAGRANGE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); MASS LOADING; PARTICLE TO GAS COUPLING;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FILTRATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ARTICLE; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; DISPERSION; FILTRATION; GAS; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; SOLID; TIME; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33646237110     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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