Studies on the understanding mechanism of air core and vortex formation in a hydrocyclone

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-166

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Air core; CFD; FLUENT; Hydrocyclone; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MAINTENANCE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEPARATION;

AIR CORE; AIR CORED; CFD; DROP CHARACTERISTICS; FLUENT; HIGH CAPACITY; HYDROCYCLONE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL USES; INLET FLOW RATE; LOW COSTS; LOW PRESSURE; MAINTENANCE COSTS; MOVING PARTS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SOLID-ROD; VORTEX FORMATIONS;

GASES;

EID: 52149119624     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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