A numerical study on a macroscopic Stokes number based on shear-induced interparticle collisions in a micro-separator/classifier

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 135, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Ookawara, Shinichi ^a   Street, David ^b   Ogawa, Kohei ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Fluent Asia Pacific   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collision; Lift force; Microstructure; Particle separation classification; Stokes number

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

COLLISION; LIFT FORCE; PARTICLE SEPARATION/CLASSIFICATION; STOKES NUMBER;

SEPARATORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEPARATORS;

EID: 36049034269     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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