Innovative hydrocyclone inlet designs to reduce erosion-induced wear in mineral dewatering processes

Drying Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Xu, Peng ^a,b   Wu, Z ^a   Mujumdar, A S ^a   Yu, B ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air core; Computational fluid dynamics; Erosion rate; Hydrocyclone; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AIR; COOLING SYSTEMS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DESIGN; DYNAMICS; EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; OPERATING COSTS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

AIR CORE; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; DUCTING; ENERGY COSTS; EROSION CHARACTERISTICS; EROSION RATE; HYDROCYCLONE; HYDROCYCLONE DESIGNS; INLET DESIGNS; INTERNAL WALLS; MECHANICAL SEPARATION DEVICES; MINERAL PROCESSING; PUMPING POWER; SEVERE EROSIONS; SOLID PARTICLES; STREAM VELOCITIES; TURBULENCE MODEL; TURBULENT SWIRLING FLOWS; VORTEX MOTIONS; WALL REGIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 60349129577     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802603433     Document Type: Article

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