Study of flow behaviour in a three-product cyclone using computational fluid dynamics

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1048-1058

  Mainza, A ^a   Narasimha, M ^b   Powell, M S ^a   Holtham, P N ^c   Brennan, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Multi phase modelling; Navier Stokes equation; Particle classification; Three product cyclone; Turbulence; Vortex finder length

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

MULTI-PHASE MODELLING; PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION; THREE-PRODUCT CYCLONE; VORTEX FINDER LENGTH;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33747361597     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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