CFD analysis of inlet chamber body profile effects on de-oiling hydrocyclone efficiency

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 968-977

  Noroozi, S ^a   Hashemabadi, S H ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; De oiling; Hydrocyclone; Separation efficiency; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC SLIP MIXTURE MODEL; BODY SHAPES; CFD ANALYSIS; CHAMBER DESIGN; DE-OILING; ENERGY LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRO-CYCLONE; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; RECIRCULATION EDDIES; RECIRCULATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULT; STANDARD DESIGN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DESIGN; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79956343078     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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