Numerical simulation and optimization of fluid flow in cyclone vortex finder

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-137

  Raoufi, Arman ^a   Shams, Mehrzad ^a   Farzaneh, Meisam ^a   Ebrahimi, Reza ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Collection efficiency; Cyclone; Shape and dimension of vortex finder

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PARTICLE SIZE; STORMS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; REYNOLDS STRESS; SHAPE AND DIMENSION OF VORTEX FINDER; VORTEX FINDER;

VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PARTICLE SIZE; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 35548935603     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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