Prediction of the maximum-efficiency cyclone length for a cyclone with a tangential entry

Powder Technology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Surmen, A ^a   Avci, A ^a   Karamangil, M I ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclone separator; Maximum efficiency cyclone

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE HEIGHTS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID PROPERTY; LITERATURE DATA; MAXIMUM-EFFICIENCY CYCLONE; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SURFACE FRICTION; TANGENTIAL ENTRY; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FRICTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

STORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HURRICANE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 78751574216     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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