Numerical simulation of effect of inlet configuration on square cyclone separator performance

Powder Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-303

  Su, Yaxin ^a   Zheng, Anqiao ^a   Zhao, Bingtao ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Inlet configuration; Numerical simulation; Powder technology; Separations; Square cyclone separator

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DIAMETER; DOUBLE NORMAL; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; INLET CONDITIONS; INLET CONFIGURATION; LAGRANGIAN EQUATIONS; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MEASURED DATA; MINIMUM PRESSURE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE MOTIONS; POWDER TECHNOLOGY; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SQUARE CYCLONE SEPARATOR; TURBULENT DYNAMICS;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; EFFICIENCY; FLOW SIMULATION; INTAKE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

INLET FLOW;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; GAS SOLID FLOW; INLET CONFIGURATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SIMULATION; SQUARE CYCLONE SEPARATOR; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 79955890769     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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