Analysis of swirling flow in hydrocyclones operating under dense regime

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-41

  Davailles, Aurélien ^a,b   Climent, Eric ^a,b   Bourgeois, Florent ^a,b   Majumder, Arun Kumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Allée du Professeur Camille Soula   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Hydrocyclone; Roping; Solids concentration

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; HIGH-SOLIDS; HYDRO-CYCLONE; HYDROCYCLONE DESIGN; HYDROCYCLONES; MODEL PREDICTION; OPERATING CONDITION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROPING; SEPARATION CURVE; SOLID-LIQUID; SOLID-SOLID INTERACTIONS; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; SOLIDS FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FORECASTING; SWIRLING FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84860772300     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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