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Comprehensive Western Australian Tailings Review

Comprehensive Western Australian Tailings Review This beautiful photograph of a tailings facility in Cataby has been used under...

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Deposition velocity

Slurry Settling Velocity: How to calculate...

Durand, Condolios, Cave, Thomas, Wilson, Fuhrboter, Newitt. If you have any experience working with slurries or if you...

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Pumps

When should a vertical inline multistage...

A vertical inline multistage centrifugal pump should be used when the flow rate is moderate and the head...

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Pump

When to use a horizontal split...

A horizontal split case pump should be used when the flow rate is high and the head (pressure)...

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Settling slurry

Turbulent deposition

What is turbulent deposition?  Turbulent deposition in a slurry refers to the process by which solid particles in...

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Slurry correlations

How to calculate the yield stress...

To calculate the yield stress of a fluid from viscometer measurements, you can use the Herschel-Bulkley model, which...

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Friction loss

How to calculate friction loss of...

To calculate the friction loss of a Bingham fluid in a pipe, you can use the Bingham plastic...

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Slurry

4 Component Model (Wilson and Sellgren)...

A 4-component model for determining friction losses in slurry pipelines was first described in 2001 by Wilson and...

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Reference

Polyethylene pipe dimensions

SDR 41 26 21 17 13.6 11 9 7.4 SDR PN for PE100 4 6.3 8 10 12.5...

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Reference

Pipe dimensions

Nominal Size Outside Diameter Nominal Wall Thickness & Weight for Welded & Seamless Steel Pipe ASME B36.10 Dimensions...

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Slurry

How to size a slurry pump

Contents SOME DEFINITIONS. 1 DATA REQUIRED.. 1 SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE PUMP. 1 Step 01.       DETERMINE THE FLOW RATE............................................................................

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Slurry

Rules of thumb

The maximum head from rubber-lined centrifugal pumps is about 30 m. The maximum head from all-metal pumps is...

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Friction loss

How to select friction factor

There are many friction factors that have been developed. Listed below is a summary of the most popular...

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Slurry

How to select a slurry correlation...

Many slurry correlation models have been developed. It is important to understand the assumptions and limitations of each, ...

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Uncategorized

Glossary of common terms

Closely graded slurries exist when Homogeneous slurry: one which does not tend to separate immediately when it becomes...

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Particle size

Definitions for fine and coarse particles

One broadly accepted method of defining slurry particles has been developed by Govier and Aziz: (or <1,250 mesh):...

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Flow regimes

Flow regimes

Flow regimes Slurry flows are typically split into two categories for the purpose of predicting pipeline friction losses:...

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Slurry

Correlation of Settling Slurries

The literature contains many correlations for the determination of the pressure loss of horizontal pipe flow of heterogeneous...

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Rheogram

Shear Rate

The shear rate () is the rate of change of velocity at which one layer of fluid passes...

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Rheogram

Slurry Rheograms

A rheogram can be defined as the relationship between shear stress (τ) and strain rate (du/dy). The simplest...

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Transients

Transient conditions

Hydraulic transients in pipelines occur when the steady-state conditions at a given point in the pipeline start changing...

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Instrumentation

Instrumentation for slurry systems

Most slurries are abrasive and corrosive in nature, and it is difficult to make instrumentation accurate and reliable....

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Particle size

The effect of particle size distribution

A significant variation in particle size distribution (PSD) is generally encountered in slurry transportation. Clift et al. (1982)...

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Deposition velocity

Deposition velocity

Deposition velocity is defined as the velocity below which particles begin to deposit to form a moving bed of...

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Flow regimes

Settling slurry flow

In settling slurry, larger and denser particles settle out of the liquid and form a bed at the...

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Flow regimes

Slurry flow type influences

In this article, we try to understand the underlying physical mechanisms important for the fully-stratified and partially-stratified flow...

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Flow regimes

Homogeneous and pseudo-homogeneous flow

Classification of slurries is necessary to properly design slurry transport systems. Different slurries can form different flow types,...

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Wear

Practical Pipe Wear Predictions

Pipe Wear In Industry Some academics dedicate their life to studying advanced wear relations, but if you are...

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Friction loss

Pipe Friction Models

What Is Friction. Friction can be defined as a force which opposes the relative motion between two elements...

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Siphon

What is A Siphon?

A siphon is any device (usually an inverted U shaped pipe ) used to convey fluids from a...

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Viscosity

Measuring viscosity using a glass capillary

There are two types of viscosity that we usually deal with; kinematic and dynamic viscosity. Kinematic viscosity is...

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Froth

Pumping frothy mixtures

Froth is an aggregation of bubbles caused in fluids or slurries by agitation or fermentation. Excessive turbulence of...

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