Original title:
Experimental investigation of coarse particle conveying in pipes
Authors:
Vlasák, Pavel ; Chára, Zdeněk ; Konfršt, Jiří ; Krupička, Jan Document type: Papers Conference/Event: Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2014, Český Krumlov (CZ), 2014-11-18 / 2014-11-21
Year:
2014
Language:
eng Abstract:
The advanced knowledge of particle-water mixture flow behaviour is important for safe, reliable, and economical design and operation of the freight pipelines. The effect of the mixture velocity and concentration on the coarse particle – water mixtures flow behaviour was experimentally investigated on an experimental pipe loop of inner diameter D = 100 mm with horizontal, vertical, and inclined pipe sections. Narrow particle size distribution basalt pebbles were used as model of coarse-grained solid particles. The radiometric method was used to measure particle concentration distribution in pipe cross-section. Mixture flow behaviour and particles motion along the pipe invert were studied in a pipe viewing section. The study revealed that the coarse particlewater mixtures in the horizontal and inclined pipe sections were significantly stratified. The particles moved principally in a layer close to the pipe invert. However, for higher and moderate flow velocities the particles moved also in the central part of the pipe cross-section, and particle saltation was found to be dominant mode of particle conveying.
Keywords:
coarse particle; coarse-grained mixtures; Coulomb friction; transport pipelines Project no.: GAP105/10/1574 (CEP) Funding provider: GA ČR Host item entry: Proceedings of the International conference Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2014, ISSN 2100-014X
Institution: Institute of Hydrodynamics AS ČR
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Document availability information: Fulltext is available on demand via the digital repository of the Academy of Sciences. Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0240477