Performance of a deoiling hydrocyclone during variable flow rates

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-379

  Husveg, Trygve ^a   Rambeau, Odile ^b   Drengstig, Tormod ^a   Bilstad, Torleiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Deoiling; Hydrocyclones; Process control; Process optimisation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; PROCESS CONTROL; VORTEX FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

DEOILING; HYDROCYCLONE EFFICIENCY; HYDROCYCLONES; PROCESS OPTIMISATION;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

EID: 33947264117     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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