CFD study on the effect of hydrocyclone structure on the separation efficiency of fine particles

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3777-3797

  Hwang, Kuo Jen ^a   Wu, Wen Hao ^a   Qian, Shaoxiang ^a,b   Nagase, Youichi ^a,c  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ADVANCESOFT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Hydrocyclone; Particle classification; Separation efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; ISOMERS; MECHANISMS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; SEPARATION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CFD; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FINE PARTICLES; FLUID VELOCITIES; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; HYDROCYCLONE; HYDROCYCLONES; MAXIMUM DEVIATIONS; OPERATION CAPACITIES; PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION; PARTICLE SEPARATION EFFICIENCIES; PARTICLE SEPARATIONS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PARTITION CURVES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCIES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION SHARPNESSES; SIMULATED RESULTS; TURBULENT MODELS; UNDER FLOWS;

SIZE SEPARATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINE STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; SEPARATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 55349095783     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390802286637     Document Type: Article

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