A CFD study of the effect of vortex finder thickness on gas cyclone separator performance

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2570-2577

  Masoud, Dorfeshan ^a   Shahidzadeh, M S ^a  

^a Behbahan Higher Education Complex ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyclone separator; Dense medium separation; Overall efficiency; Pressure drop; Turbulence modeling; Vortex finder thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958269709     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2570.2577     Document Type: Article

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