Flow simulation in an electrostatic precipitator of a thermal power plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2037-2042

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

^a Faculty of Science Engineering and Health   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Electrostatic precipitator; Flow distribution; Fluent; Thermal power plant; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POWER PLANTS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

A THERMALS; CFD; CFD CODES; COMPLEX FLOWS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLUENT; GAS FLOWS; MEASURED DATUM; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THERMAL POWER PLANT;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 62849107170     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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