Research Article

Optimization of the Turbulence Model on Numerical Simulations of Flow Field within a Hydrocyclone

Table 1

Numerical calculation method of RSM and LES simulations.

Analogy methodRSMLES

Grid quantity9.0 × 1052.0 × 106
Pressure-velocity coupling methodSIMPLECPISO
Gradient interpolationLeast square methodLeast square method
Pressure interpolationPRESTO!Standard
Convection interpolationQUICKSecond Order Upwind
Convergence precision1 × 10−51 × 10−5