Two-way coupled large-eddy simulations of the gas-solid flow in cyclone separators

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 872-885

  Derksen, J J ^a   Van Den Akker, H E A ^a   Sundaresan, S ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Multiphase flow; Particle technology; Separation techniques

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 42149106197     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11418     Document Type: Article

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