Performance of a novel rotating gas-liquid separator

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0313011-03130111

  Willems, G P ^a   Kroes, J P ^a   Golombok, M ^a,b   Van Esch, B P M ^a   Van Kemenade, H P ^a   Brouwers, J J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Carbonate Development Team   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liquid drainage; Rotational separation; Separation efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; DESCRIPTIVE MODEL; DROPLET COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; GAS LIQUID SEPARATOR; GAS SEPARATION PROCESS; GAS STREAMS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; KEY ISSUES; LIQUID DRAINAGE; PHASE SEPARATORS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

COST REDUCTION; DROP FORMATION; ROTATION; SEPARATORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955294517     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001008     Document Type: Article

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