Numerical simulation and structural optimization of the inclined oil/water separator

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Liqiong ^a   Wu, Shijuan ^a   Lu, Hongfang ^a   Huang, Kun ^a   Zhao, Lijie ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EULER MULTIPHASE FLOW ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INCLINED OIL WATER SEPARATOR; LABORATORY DEVICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY EXPERIMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

OIL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OILS; SOFTWARE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84929501331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124095     Document Type: Article

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