The effects of vortex finder on the pressure drop in cyclone separators

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 804-813

  Ficici, Ferit ^a   Vedat, Ari ^a   Kapsiz, Murat ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Pressure drop; Vortex finder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954882889     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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