Dynamic modelling of the hydrocyclone

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-386

  Neesse, Th ^a   Dueck, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrocyclone; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBULENT FLOW;

HYDROCYCLONE DYNAMICS; HYDROCYCLONES; SLIP VELOCITY;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

EID: 33947140498     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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