Slurry properties Input data mS = dn= Sch = sliningt = rL= Ss = Cw = t= d50 = Rabs = 36,067 4 STD 6 1000 4.

30 39% 10 16 0.1 kg/h in mm kg/m % C mm mm

Pulp density
rp = rL = Cw = Ss = rp =

(rL*Ss)/(Cw+(1-Cw)*Ss) kg/m3 1000 39.0% % 4.30 1,427

kg/m3

Pulp mass flow rate mP = mS / Cw mS = Cw = mP = 36,067 39.0% 92,479 kg/h kg/h

Pulp volumetrics flow rate QP = mP / rP mP = 92479.49 1,427 64.8 0.0180 kg/h

kg/m3 rp =

Inside pipe diameter Di = Pipe_Imp_CS_Dint_dn_sch dn=

Sch =

QP = QP = Flow velocity v=

m/h m/s

4 STD 102.3

in
-

Di =

mm

Q/A 0.018 0.0064 2.81 m/s m m/s

Inside diameter with lining di = Di -2* srevest Di =

slining =
di = di =

Q= A= mm
mm

102.3 6 90.3 0.0903

v=

mm
m

Kinematic pressure (r/2) * v^2 hv =

rp = 1,427 kg/m3

Inside pipe area A= di = A= (p/4)*di^2 0.090 0.0064 m m

v= hv =

2.81 5647

m/s Pa

Volumetric concentration Cv = Cw /(Cw + (1-Cw) * Ss) Cw = 0.39 Ss = 4.30 Cv = 0.129 Cv = 12.94 %

Cw

S s Cv 1 S s Cv Cv

Cw
Cw = Ss = Cv = Cw =

S s Cv 1 S s Cv Cv
Ss*Cv / ( 1 + Ss*Cv - Cv ) 4.30 0.13 0.39
-

Water dynamic viscosity

t= mw = mw = 10 C
SaturatedWaterAbsoluteViscosity_t

1.3E-03

Pa s

Relative rugosity Rrel = Rabs / di Rabs = 0.1 di = 90.3 Rrel = 0.001

Viscosity ratio (Note 1)

mp/mw = 1 + K1 * (Cv /100) + K2 * (Cv/100)^2 +

+ A * Exp(B*(Cv/100) )

Reynolds Re = v=
di = np =

v * di / n 2.81 0.0903 1.38E-06 1.8E+05

Cv = K1 = K2 = A= B= mp/mw =

12.9 2.5 10.05 0.00273 16.6 1.52

Re =

Darcy friction factor f = Pipe_Friction_Factor_Rrel_Re Rrel = 0.001 Re = f=

Pa s Pa s cP

Pulp dynamic viscosity mp = ms/mw * mw mp/mw =

ma =

1.8E+05 0.022

1.52
1.3E-03

mp = mp =

2.0E03
2.0

Mc Elvain & Cave FL factor FL = Slurry_Fl_McElvain_d50_Cv d50 = 16 12.94 0.547 Cv = FL =

Pulp kinematic viscosity

np = mp / rp

mp =
rp = np =

2.0E03
1,427 1.38E-06

Pa s kg/m3 m/s

Application range of Mc Elvain & Cave 10 mm <= d50 <= 3000 mm 5 % <= Cv <= 40 %

Pulp kinematic viscosity using VBA function

nP = Slurry_Kinem_Visc_Thomas_Cw_Ss_RhoL_t

Cw = Ss = rL= t=
np =

39% 4.30 1000 10 1.38E-06 kg/m C

m/s

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Equation 1-9 is widely accepted in the slurry industry for heteroge

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Symbology A: Area of pipe section

mm mm

C: Concentration d50: Average particle size dn: Nominal diameter f: Darcy-Weisbach friction factor FL: Mc Elvain and Cave corection factor hv: Kinematic pressure

m/s m
m/s

Q: Volumetric flow rate Rabs = Absolute rugosity Re: Reynolds number Rrel: Relative rugosity Sch = Pipe shedule sliningt = Lining thickness Ss = Solids specific gravity t = Temperature v: Flow velocity

ion_Factor_Rrel_Re

r= density m= Absolute viscosity n= kinematic viscosity

urry_Fl_McElvain_d50_Cv

mm %

Index: i: interior L:liquid n: nominal p: pulp or slurry s: solids v: volumetric w: weight

e of Mc Elvain & Cave = d50 <= 3000 mm <= Cv <= 40 %

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ve correction factor function to be used for deposition velocity calculation

iction factor function

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ely accepted in the slurry industry for heterogeneous mixtures of a Newtonian rheology.