Numerical simulation of square cyclones in small sizes

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-365

  Safikhani, H ^a,d   Shams, M ^b   Dashti, S ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gas solid; Multi cyclone scrubber; Small cyclone; Square cyclone; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; DISCRETE RANDOM WALK; GAS-SOLID; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MULTI CYCLONE SCRUBBER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE CORRECTION; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS TURBULENCE MODEL; SMALL CYCLONE; SMALL SIZE; SQUARE CYCLONE; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

STORMS;

EID: 79957568010     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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