Tangential velocity measurements in a conical hydrocyclone operated with a fibre suspension

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-413

  Bergström, Jonas ^a   Vomhoff, Hannes ^a   Söderberg, Daniel ^a  

^a INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrocyclones; Shear forces

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; FLOW OF WATER; PULP; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FIBRE CONCENTRATIONS; PULP FIBRES; SELF-CLEANING PITOMETER; TANGENTIAL VELOCITY PROFILE;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

FIBERS; HYDROCYCLONES; PULPS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33947255980     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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