Numerical study on particle removal performance of pickup head for a street vacuum sweeper

Powder Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Wu, Bofu ^a   Men, Jinlai ^a   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Particle removal performance; Pickup head; Pressure drop; Sweeper traveling speed

Indexed keywords

3D NUMERICAL MODEL; DISCRETE PARTICLE MODELS; DISPERSED PHASE; GRADE EFFICIENCY; LARGE-SIZE PARTICLES; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MASS FLOW RATE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PARTICLE REMOVAL; PARTICLE REMOVAL PERFORMANCE; PICK-UP HEAD; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; ROAD SURFACES; SMALL SIZE PARTICLES; SUCTION PROCESS;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PICKUPS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VACUUM;

REMOVAL;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; VACUUM;

EID: 77950071678     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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