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A slurry is a mixture of solids denser than water suspended in liquid, usually water. The most
common use of slurry is as a means of transporting solids, the liquid being a carrier that is
pumped on a device such as a centrifugal pump. The size of solid particles may vary from 1
micron up to hundreds of millimeters.
A slurry composed of glass beads in silicone oil flowing down an inclined plane
Potato starch slurry
The particles may settle below a certain transport velocity and the mixture can behave as a
Newtonian or non-Newtonian fluid. Depending on the mixture, the slurry may be abrasive and/or
corrosive.
Examples
Cement slurry, a mixture of cement, water, and assorted dry and liquid additives used in the
petroleum and other industries[1][2]
Soil/cement slurry, also called Controlled Low-Strength Material (CLSM), flowable fill,
controlled density fill, flowable mortar, plastic soil-cement, K-Krete, and other names[3]
A mixture of thickening agent, oxidizers, and water used to form a gel explosive[4]
A mixture of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water produced in a volcanic eruption and
known as a lahar
Coal slurry, a mixture of coal waste and water, or crushed coal and water[5]
Slurry oil, the highest boiling fraction distilled from the effluent of an FCC unit in an oil refinery.
It contains large amount of catalyst, in form of sediments hence the denomination of slurry.
Manure slurry, a mixture of animal waste, organic matter, and sometimes water often known
simply as "slurry" in agricultural use, used as fertilizer after ageing in a slurry pit
Meat slurry, a mixture of finely ground meat and water, centrifugally dewatered and used as
food
Slurry ice, a mixture of ice crystals, freezing point depressant, and water
A mixture of raw materials and water involved in the rawmill manufacture of Portland cement
A mixture of epoxy glue and glass microspheres used as a filler compound around core
materials in sandwich-structured composite airframes.
Calculations
To determine the percent solids (or solids fraction) of a slurry from the density of the slurry,
solids and liquid[7]
where
In aqueous slurries, as is common in mineral processing, the specific gravity of the species is
typically used, and since is taken to be 1, this relation is typically written:
even though specific gravity with units tonnes/m^3 (t/m^3) is used instead of the SI density unit,
kg/m^3.
therefore
and
then
and therefore
where
Equivalently
and in a minerals processing context where the specific gravity of the liquid (water) is taken to
be one:
So
and
So
Then since
we conclude that
where
Grout
Slurry pipeline
Slurry transport
Slurry wall
References
4. http://www.iring.ca/_Knowledgebase/module_2_3.html?
ms=AAA%3D&st=MA%3D%3D&sct=MjI%3D&mw=MjQw#
7. Wills, B.A. and Napier-Munn, T.J, Wills' Mineral Processing Technology: an introduction to the practical
aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery, ISBN 978-0-7506-4450-1, Seventh Edition (2006), Elsevier,
Great Britain
External links
Bonapace, A.C. A General Theory of the Hydraulic Transport of Solids in Full Suspension (htt
p://solids-hydraulic-transport.com/introduction.html)
Ravelet, F.; Bakir, F.; Khelladi, S.; Rey, R. (2013). "Experimental study of hydraulic transport of
large particles in horizontal pipes" (https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00631562/file/Cailloux
FinalHal.pdf) (PDF). Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 45: 187–197.
doi:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.11.003 (https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.expthermflusci.2012.
11.003) .
Ming, G., Ruixiang, L., Fusheng, N., Liqun, X. (2007). Hydraulic Transport of Coarse Gravel—A
Laboratory Investigation Into Flow Resistance. (https://www.westerndredging.org/phocadown
load/ConferencePresentations/2007_WODA_Florida/Session4B-DredgingResearch/2%20-%20
Ming%20-%20Hydraulic%20Transport%20of%20Coarse%20Gravel%E2%80%93A%20Laborator
y%20Investigation%20into%20Flow%20Resistance.pdf)
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