CFD-DEM study of the effect of particle density distribution on the multiphase flow and performance of dense medium cyclone

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 893-909

  Chu, K W ^a   Wang, B ^b   Yu, A B ^a   Vince, A ^b   Barnett, G D ^c   Barnett, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Elsa Consulting Group Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Minco Tech Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal preparation; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Dense medium cyclone; Discrete element method

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORE; ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; COAL FLOW; COAL PARTICLES; COAL TYPES; COKING COAL; DENSE MEDIUM CYCLONE; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MAGNETITE PARTICLES; MULTIPHASE MIXTURE MODEL; PARTICLE DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE FLOW PATTERNS; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTITION CURVES; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; THERMAL COAL; VOLUME OF FLUID MODEL;

AIR; COAL PREPARATION; COKING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OXIDE MINERALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STORMS;

COAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 67650744818     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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