Numerical investigation of the effect of helix angle and leaf margin on the flow pattern and the performance of the axial flow cyclone separator

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3916-3930

  Gong, Guangcai ^a   Yang, Zhouzhou ^a   Zhu, Shaolin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial flow cyclone separator; Numerical simulation; Two stage turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AXIAL-FLOW CYCLONES; CONTINUOUS PHASE; GAS SOLID TWO PHASE FLOW; HELIX ANGLES; INTERNAL FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ONE-WAY COUPLINGS; PARTICLE PHASE; PRESSURE FIELD; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION METHODS; STOCHASTIC TRAJECTORY MODELS; VELOCITY FIELD;

AIR; AXIAL FLOW; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84859817547     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.11.034     Document Type: Article

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