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1 INTRODUCTION
Subscripts
w
refers to water
m
refers to mixture
S
refers to solids
Note The words slurry, mixture and suspension are
used interchangeably and have the same meaning.
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Shear rate, 9
7
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Electro-magnetic
flowmeter
Weight
tank
---
Suction
tank
463 mm
I
Discharge
pressure
gauge
4 75 mm
Wattmeter
Pump
Fig. 2
Proc Instn Mech Engrs Val 198A No 1
d.c. motor
1984
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100
90-
80-
.-
a
m
70-
/ O -
q0
2
E 60x
s
0
.-
402010-
P
/
12
Coal
\ @
$/@I3
/&
3 TEST METHOD
@
@
&,
50-
I 30-
- @-/
Kaolin clay
s,
44
100 c
i/
0.01
10
L
0Ferranti viscometer
0 4 3.22 mm tube
A d~ 5.17 mm tube
'
' '
' ' 1
100
10000
1000
y , s-'
Fig. 4
Rheological results for coal slurry (tube results corrected for diameter effects): p u m p A tests
100
10
a1.o
%
0 Ferranti viscometer
0 6 3.22 mm tube
0.1
0.01
10
0Ferranti viscometer
4 5 . 1 7 mm tube
* Sodium silicate added
&,
A 4 5.17 mm tube
0 "
100
1000
10000
10
9, s-I
Fig. 5
100
1000
9,s
Fig. 7
10000
'
45
32
0 Water
OSG,=1.026
SG, = 1.051
0 SG, = 1.080
0 SG, = 1.097
@SG,=1.122
@SG,=1.139
0 Water
0SG, = 1 .I26
0SG, = 1.159
A SG, = 1.228
z2P
20
OSG,=1.248
0SG,
= 1.476
0
Flow, I/s
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
12
Flow, I/s
16
20
Flow, I/s
46
12
Q
A= -
Q
QD;
NRe,
QD:P
P
=-
I o4
I o5
106
lo7
NRe,
and
lo4
lo5
106
I o7
NRe,
(3)
Proc Instn Mech Engrs Vol 198A No I
1984
Non-Newtonian
(with yield stress)
System
curve
41
1.0-
0.9
0.8
0.7
ER
0.6,:
0.8
1o7
106
105
104
NRe,
---
curve
o.8
0.71
HR,l.ol
, , , ,,
so,r,
-2- .A,
, , -L
, q ? -8
,
,,
0.9
-, 6,),-,a,
0.8
Q
Fig. 14 Possible pump-system instability when handling
non-Newtonian slurries
0 IMechE
1984
1o4
106
105
107
NRe,
C I WALKER A N D A GOULAS
48
1.00
/
/
/
/
/
0.90
/
/
0.80
0.80
0.9
ER
0.90
0.85
0.7
0.95
!
.oo
I
HR',IC
0.6
0.8 -
A P u m p A coal test5
kaolin
A
u P u m p B 5-vane clay
0Pump B 3-vane tests
@ Herbich (5)
/ 0 Pump
0.7
1.0~
izr/
/
0.95
0.8
ERd,
0.9
1.0
0.7
A 1150 r/min
results (5)
0 Ippen's results ( I 1)
0.6
0.9
0.8
1o4
106
lo5
1o7
NRe,
6 CONCLUSIONS
1984
3. Both the head ratio, HR, and efficiency ratio, ER, for
the tests correlated well with the pump Reynolds
number. As the Reynolds number was reduced below
a critical value, HR and ER dropped; the ER being
always less than HR.
4. The head reduction at low flow was a function of the
initial shear stress of the mixture or the apparent
viscosity at low shear rates. However, the loss of
head and efficiency at higher flowrates seemed
dependent on the plastic viscosity obtained at high
shear rates.
5. For higher specific speed pumps the pump efficiency
at constant pump Reynolds number was less affected.
6. There was very little difference between HR and ER
for three-vane open and five-vane closed impellers
which had similar specific speeds.
7. Pump performance near BEP was predicted within
approximately f 5 per cent from the correction
charts for Newtonian viscous fluids when the plastic
viscosity, p,,, at a shear rate of 1500 s - l was used in
place of the dynamic viscosity, p .
Many more results are necessary to determine further
the effects of pump size and specific speed. Also to be
looked at before any substantial correlation is attempted is the influence of individual pump design features.
Good rheological results (even though difficult and time
consuming to obtain) remain crucial to any successful
further analysis of non-Newtonian slurries.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
0 IMechE 1984
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