Electrostatics generation in a small cyclone separator

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Chen, Zhongxiang ^a   Bi, Hsiaotao T ^a   Grace, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; SEPARATION;

ABRUPT CHANGES; CHARGE GENERATIONS; CURRENT FLOWS; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; FEED RATES; FEEDING RATES; GAS SOLIDS; GAS VELOCITIES; INNER DIAMETERS; INTERNAL SURFACES; MEAN SIZES; PARTICLE-WALL COLLISIONS; POLYETHYLENE PARTICLES; SHIELDING EFFECTS; SOLID LOADINGS; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; TEST UNITS; TOTAL CHARGES;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 61649101549     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071502p     Document Type: Article

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