Improvement of hydrocyclone separation performance by incorporating a conical filtering wall

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 460-467

  Vieira, Luiz G M ^a   Damasceno, João J R ^a   Barrozo, Marcos A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CFD; Filtering hydrocyclone; Hydrocyclone; Solid liquid separation

Indexed keywords

HYDRO-CYCLONE; HYDROCYCLONE SEPARATION; HYDROCYCLONES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATORS; UNDERFLOWS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; LIQUIDS;

FILTRATION;

EID: 77955414426     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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