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Solids distribution in slurry flow in a linear manifold with a horizontal approach
Author(s) -
Foster J.,
NasrElDin H. A.,
Masliyah J. H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450700102
Subject(s) - upstream (networking) , slurry , inertia , manifold (fluid mechanics) , constant (computer programming) , flow (mathematics) , distribution (mathematics) , mechanics , mathematics , geometry , materials science , physics , mathematical analysis , thermodynamics , classical mechanics , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , programming language
An experimental study was conducted to examine solids distribution in branches of a linear manifold having a horizontal approach. The manifold was designed to maintain approximately a constant slurry velocity upstream of each branch. Solids concentration in the branches was measured for various manifold orientations (upwards, side and downwards) and upstream conditions. Semi‐empirical correlations for the three orientations were developed to predict a branch concentration ratio. This ratio was dependent upon the branch flow ratio, the particle inertia parameter and the vertical solids concentration profile upstream of the branch. The agreement between the experimental and the predicted branch concentration ratio was fairly good.