Studies on the performance of a hydrocyclone and modeling for flow characterization in presence and absence of air core

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6391-6402

  Sripriya, R ^a   Kaulaskar, M D ^b   Chakraborty, S ^b   Meikap, B C ^b  

^a TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air core; CFD modeling; Hydrocyclone; Hydrodynamic; Multiphase flow; Separation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOW RATE; FLOW SEPARATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TURBULENCE;

AIR CORE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FLOW CHARACTERIZATION; VORTEX FINDER;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLOW RATE; FLOW SEPARATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34848840307     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.046     Document Type: Article

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