Numerical study of internal flow structures within hydrocyclones with parabolic and hyperbolic swirl chambers

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Motin, Abdul ^a   Tarabara, Volodymyr V ^a   Bénard, André ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DROPS; EFFICIENCY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

DISPERSED PHASE; GEOMETRIC CONDITIONS; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; INTERNAL FLOW STRUCTURE; KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; REYNOLDS AVERAGE NAVIER STOKES EQUATION; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 84926483596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2014-37190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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