<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The effect of solid concentration and mixture velocity on the flow behaviour, pressure drops, and concentration distribution of coarse particle-water mixtures in horizontal, vertical, and inclined smooth stainless steel pipes of inner diameter D = 100 mm was experimentally investigated. Graded basalt pebbles were used as solid particles. The study revealed that the coarse-grained particle-water mixtures in the horizontal and inclined pipes were significantly stratified. The solid particles moved principally in a layer close to the pipe invert; however for higher and moderate flow velocities, particle saltation became the dominant mode of particle conveyance. Frictional pressure drops in the horizontal pipe were found to be markedly higher than in the vertical pipe, while the frictional pressure drops in the ascending pipe increased with inclination angle up to about 30°.</p></abstract>

The effect of solid concentration and mixture velocity on the flow behaviour, pressure drops, and concentration distribution of coarse particle-water mixtures in horizontal, vertical, and inclined smooth stainless steel pipes of inner diameter D = 100 mm was experimentally investigated. Graded basalt pebbles were used as solid particles. The study revealed that the coarse-grained particle-water mixtures in the horizontal and inclined pipes were significantly stratified. The solid particles moved principally in a layer close to the pipe invert; however for higher and moderate flow velocities, particle saltation became the dominant mode of particle conveyance. Frictional pressure drops in the horizontal pipe were found to be markedly higher than in the vertical pipe, while the frictional pressure drops in the ascending pipe increased with inclination angle up to about 30°.

Experimental investigation of coarse particles-water mixture flow in horizontal and inclined pipes

Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Pod Paťankou 30/5, 166 12 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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The effect of solid concentration and mixture velocity on the flow behaviour, pressure drops, and concentration distribution of coarse particle-water mixtures...

Experimental investigation of coarse particles-water mixture flow in horizontal and inclined pipes

Published Online: Aug 15, 2014

Page range: 241 - 247

Received: Jan 07, 2014

Accepted: Feb 24, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2014-0022

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