Numerical modeling of highly swirling flows in a through-flow cylindrical hydrocyclone

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3334-3344

  Ko, Jordan ^a   Zahrai, Said ^a   Macchion, Olivier ^a   Vomhoff, Hannes ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrocyclone separator; Reynolds stress transport models; Swirling flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

HYDROCYCLONE; HYDROCYCLONE SEPARATOR; REYNOLDS STRESS TRANSPORT (RST); REYNOLDS STRESS TRANSPORT MODELS; SWIRL NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

SWIRLING FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33749497311     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10955     Document Type: Article

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