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    SLURRY PIPELINE DESIGN FOR OPERATION WITH CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS by Graeme R. Addie Vice President of Engineering, Research and Development Georgia Iron Works Groveton, Georgia (Figure 2), which generally shows nonsetting behavior persisting Graeme R. Addie is Vice President of to slightly lager particle sizes than indicated by the hindered Engineering and Research and Develop setting crteton, ‘ment for Georala Iron Works where he is charge of pump development and perfor- ‘mance testing. He was formerly Chief Engineer with the company. Until 1976, he was with Kelly & Lewis Pty, Lid, in Melbourne, Australia, doing design and manufacture of pumps upto 96 in diameter ‘and 5,000 hp. ‘Mr Addie holds nwo pump patents and ‘has authored or coauthored more than 25 papers on slurry pumps, Pipelines, and performance. He received his education in ‘Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He isa registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia Prosure Now-sttiog ep sry Setting slur HYDRAULIC DESIGN OF THE SLURRY PIPELINE Introduction ‘The following covers what the writer sees as the main consider- ations involved inthe design of a slurry pipeline. Is broken down ito sections. Tis section ss concered mainly withthe slurry and design of the hydraulics of the pipeline. The Slurry Pipeline Design and Operation section is concerned with the driving cen- tefugl pumps and associated equipment. Slurry pipeline technology is extremely complex and by no smeans a fully understood science, so the writer makes no claim in this document to cover all details. I is hoped; however, that this will enable a better understanding and provide the reader with sf- ficient information to lay out the design of a working system, Setting and Nonsettling Sluries In nonsettng or “slow settling” slurries, the solids particles are sufficiently fine, light, or concentrated chat they have Title tendency to setle aut from the carrier liquid. The slurry can then bbe treated for design purposes as if it were a single phase. In selling slurries, the tendency of the solids to settle out ftom the ‘caries liqui is sufficiently marked tat the design procedure must treat the liquid and solid as distinct phases. The fundamental dis tinction is reflected by different variations of head loss with mixture’s velocity for the two types of (constant concentration) slurry, as shosin schematically in Figure I Fora nonsetling slurry, typically, the frictional head loss increases continuously with smixture velocity, although there is a gradient discontinuity at @ laminar to turbulent critical velocity V,. The curve for a setting slury normally shows a shallow minimiim around velocity Vin. AS a convenient guide (Figure 1), a slury may usually be treated as ronsetlng, if the hindered settling velocity of the solids is less than 0.6 mm/s and setling, if the hindered sewing velocity ‘exceeds 1.5 mas, The interval between these limits reflects the Solids Speci Gravity arbitrary nature ofthe distinction. Aude [1] has given a figure for rapid indication of whether a slurry will show setting behavior, Figure 2. Demarcation between Setling & Non Setting lurris. 193 194 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL PUMP USERS SYMPOSIUM, Nonsetlng Sluries Nonsetling slurries are formed by a mixture of fine solid particles and water in which the solid particles will setle very Slowly. Clay water strres in which the particles are very fine, d= 4.0 am, are wuly nonsetling. Clay water slurries constitute a major ‘

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