Improving cyclone performance by proper selection of the exit pipe

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5286-5303

  El Batsh, Hesham M ^a  

^a Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Cyclone separator; Discrete phase modeling (DPM); Reynolds stress turbulence model (RSM)

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DISCRETE PHASE MODELING; EQUATION OF MOTION; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; INCOMPRESSIBLE TURBULENT FLOW; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PERFORMANCE MAPS; PIPE DIAMETER; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; REYNOLDS STRESS TURBULENCE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; EFFICIENCY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

STORMS;

EID: 84872600667     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2012.10.044     Document Type: Article

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