Experimental analysis of air/oil separator performance

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Willenborg, Klaus ^a   Klingsporn, M ^a   Tebby, S ^b   Ratcliffe, T ^b   Gorse, P ^c   Dullenkopf, K ^c   Wittig, S ^c  

^a ROLLS ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b Dunlop Equipment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE DROP; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEPARATORS; SIZE SEPARATION;

AIR FLOWS; DESIGN FEATURES; DROPLET SIZES; ENGINE BEARINGS; EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; NONINTRUSIVE; OIL CONCENTRATIONS; OIL DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OIL FLOWS; OIL MISTS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETERS; ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCIES; SEPARATION MECHANISMS; SHAFT SPEEDS; SMALL DROPLETS; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES;

SEPARATION;

EID: 57749180015     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2795785     Document Type: Article

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