Hydraulic mining and hydrotransport

Emulsions, Foams, and Suspensions Fundamentals and Applications. Laurier L. Schramm Copyright 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 3-527-30743-5 

Some of the key variables involved in slurry pipeline design and operation include  

The flow rate in a transportation pipeline has to be larger than the deposition velocity of the mineral particles in order to avoid solids segregation. Typical flow rates 

The main reason for using a pipeline is usually to minimize the cost of transportation. Where water resources are limited, this can mean designing a pipeline to operate at the maximum possible concentration of solids [1, 8]. Pipelined coal suspensions have ranged from 40 to 60 mass% solids, the latter representing a 

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The flow rate in a transportation pipeline has to be larger than the deposition velocity of the mineral particles in order to avoid the segregation of solids. Typical flow rates range from 1 to 2 m s for coal and oil sand froth pipelining to about 4ms for some heavy metal concentrates [2]. For mineral slurries, abrasion becomes a signiflcant concern at velocities above about 2.5 m s and a major problem above about 4.5 m s [2]. 

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