Flow field characteristics and coal dust removal performance of an arc fan nozzle used for water spray

Fangwei Han1, Jian Liu1,2

  • 1College of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao City, Liaoning Province, China.

Plos One
|September 21, 2018
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