Numerical investigation of performance characteristics of a cyclone prolonged with a dipleg

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 39-45

  Kaya, Fuat ^a   Karagoz, Irfan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lagrangian method; Numerical simulation; Separation efficiency; Swirling flows

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS FLOWS; GAS-PARTICLE TWO-PHASE FLOWS; INLET VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; LAGRANGIAN METHOD; NON-EQUILIBRIUM WALL FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE SEPARATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SECOND PHASE; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION SPACE; SOLID PARTICLES;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLOW OF GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SEPARATION; STORMS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67349144112     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.01.040     Document Type: Article

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