Numerical study of the flow field and separation efficiency of a divergent cyclone

Powder Technology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-237

  Qiu, Yinfeng ^a   Deng, Baoqing ^a   Kim, Chang Nyung ^b  

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

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Divergent cyclone; Particle separation; RSM; Stochastic Lagrangian model; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AXIAL VELOCITY; BLOCKING EFFECT; DIVERGENT CYCLONE; DUST HOPPER; FLUID SEGMENTS; GAS INLET; GAS STREAMS; GAS-PARTICLE FLOWS; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; RSM; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DUST; FLOW FIELDS; HOPPERS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; DIVERGENT CYCLONE; FLOW FIELD; FLOW RATE; GAS FIELD; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 84855250327     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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