Influence of the inlet velocity profiles on the prediction of velocity distribution inside an electrostatic precipitator

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-328

  Haque, Shah M E ^a   Rasul, M G ^b   Khan, M M K ^b   Deev, A V ^a   Subaschandar, N ^a  

^a Faculty of Science Engineering and Health   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Cobra probe; Electrostatic precipitator; Flow simulation; Inlet velocity profile

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY CONTROL; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WAKES;

AIR FLOWS; AIR VELOCITIES; CFD; COBRA PROBE; DIFFERENT VELOCITIES; INLET BOUNDARIES; INLET VELOCITY PROFILE; MEAN VALUES; MEASURED DATUMS; MEASUREMENT OF VELOCITIES; NON UNIFORMS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; REYNOLDS; SIMULATION RESULTS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

VELOCITY;

EID: 58149314181     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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