Erosion wear at the bend of pipe during tailings slurry transportation: Numerical study considering inlet velocity, particle size and bend angle

• Published in: International journal of minerals, metallurgy and materials Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 1608 - 1620
• Main Authors: Chen, Qiusong, Zhou, Hailong, Wang, Yunmin, Wang, Daolin, Zhang, Qinli, Liu, Yikai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing University of Science and Technology Beijing 01.08.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bends; Ceramics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Composites; Computational fluid dynamics; Corrosion and Coatings; Fluid dynamics; Glass; Hydrodynamics; Incidence angle; Kinetic energy; Materials Science; Mathematical models; Metallic Materials; Mine tailings; Mining industry; Natural Materials; Parameter sensitivity; Particle size; Particle tracking; Slurries; Slurry pipelines; Surfaces and Interfaces; Tailings; Thin Films; Tribology; CFD; pipe wear; tailings transportation; erosion wear; numerical simulation

Pipeline hydraulic transport is a highly efficient and low energy-consumption method for transporting solids and is commonly used for tailing slurry transport in the mining industry. Erosion wear (EW) remains the main cause of failure in tailings slurry pipeline systems, particularly at bends. EW is...