Research of friction characteristics on the hydraulic transportation in inclined slurry-pipe

Abstract

By analyzing the momentum transfer and velocity both of solid particles and water over the acceleration time of solid particles, as well as interaction mechanism between water and solid particals, a new model is proposed to predict friction loss for setting slurry flow in inclined pipe. The hydraulic gradient formula for inclined pipes summarized by the author is confirmed by a large amount of experimental data. The results show that the deviation between the theoretical value of the model proposed by the author and the measured value is not more than 13.33%, which is the smallest among all reports.