A CFD study of the effect of cyclone size on its performance parameters

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 835-841

  Azadi, Mehdi ^a   Azadi, Mohsen ^b   Mohebbi, Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Cut off size; Cyclone; Particle; Separation

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELING; CFD MODELS; CUT-OFF; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISCRETE PHASE MODEL; DISCRETE RANDOM WALK; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENT CODE; INLET VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN; PARTICLE SEPARATION; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PARTICULATE FLOWS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; RENORMALIZATION GROUP; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SIMULATION RESULT; SIZE EFFECTS; TURBULENT DISPERSION; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIZE SEPARATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STORMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE DROP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77955563105     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.115     Document Type: Article

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