Numerical prediction of fully-suspended slurry flow in horizontal pipes

Powder Technology

Volumn 256, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-70

  Messa, Gianandrea Vittorio ^a   Malin, Michael ^b   Malavasi, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CHAM Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fully suspended flow; Pipe flow; Slurries; Two fluid model; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FULLY-SUSPENDED FLOW; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PARTICLE ACCUMULATION; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TURBULENT DISPERSION; TWO FLUID MODEL;

FRICTION; SLURRIES;

PIPE FLOW;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FULLY SUSPENDED SLURRY FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPE; INTER PHASE SLIP ALGORITHM; INTERPHASE FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PIPELINE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRESS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; TURBULENT DISPERSION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84896737178     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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