Effect of the cylinder shape of a long-coned cyclone on the stable flow-field establishment

Powder Technology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-38

  Lee, Jin W ^a   Yang, Hoe J ^a   Lee, Dong Y ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CFD; Long cone cyclone; Overall efficiency; RSM; Short circuiting flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LONG-CONE CYCLONES; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; REYNOLDS STRESS MODEL (RSM); SHORT CIRCUITING FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ARTICLE; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 33745191589     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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