Parametric CFD studies on hydrocyclone

Powder Technology

Volumn 230, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-47

  Murthy, Y Rama ^a   Bhaskar, K Udaya ^b  

^a TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

^b Arcelor Mittal Global R and D   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Flyash processing; Hydrocyclone

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CYCLONE CUT-SIZE; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; DISCRETE PHASE MODELING; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HYDRO-CYCLONE; INLET VELOCITY; OPERATING CONDITION; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE INJECTION; PRIMARY PHASE; PROCESS CONDITION; SALIENT FEATURES; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; STORMS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGAL ANALYZER; DEVICES; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HYDROCYCLONE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LASER FLOWMETER; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; REYNOLDS RISK SCORE; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84865192651     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.06.048     Document Type: Article

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