Mathematical modelling of a hydrocyclone for the down-hole oil-water separation (DOWS)

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2186-2195

  Amini, Sina ^a   Mowla, Dariush ^a   Golkar, Mahdi ^a   Esmaeilzadeh, Feridun ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Down hole separation; Hydrocyclone; Swirl intensity

Indexed keywords

DOWN HOLES; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DROPLET TRAJECTORIES; DROPLET TRAJECTORY MODEL; FLUID PROPERTY; HYDRO-CYCLONE; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW FIELDS; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; OIL DROPLETS; OIL WATER SEPARATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REVERSE FLOW REGION; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SINGLE DROPLET; SPLIT RATIO; SWIRL INTENSITY; TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH;

DROP FORMATION; EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CYCLONE SEPARATORS;

EID: 84870235241     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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