Insights into horizontal slug flow pneumatic conveying from layer fraction and slug velocity measurements

Orozovic, O.; Lavrinec, A.; Alkassar, Y.; Chen, J.; Williams, K.; Jones, M. G.; Klinzing, G. E.

Title: Insights into horizontal slug flow pneumatic conveying from layer fraction and slug velocity measurements
Creator: Orozovic, O.; Lavrinec, A.; Alkassar, Y.; Chen, J.; Williams, K.; Jones, M. G.; Klinzing, G. E.
Relation: ARC.DP160101436 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160101436
Relation: Powder Technology Vol. 364, p. 218-228
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2020.01.080
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2020
Description: The many advantages of slug flow pneumatic conveying are outweighed by the lack of understanding of the flow mechanisms. For horizontal slug flow, the unique feature is the stationary layer of material found between the travelling slugs, which was recently shown to be characterised by two constants. This paper looks to utilise the vast data available in the literature, which is representative of the entire mode of flow, and relates the stationary layer and slug velocity to predict the two constants from only these inputs. It was found that, even for the vast range of materials and systems considered, slug flow encompasses a narrow bound of the two constants. Furthermore, an empirical approach that was developed to relate the layer fraction and particle velocity was found to provide good agreement to measurements and may be of use in other investigations that require an additional equation for modelling.
Subject: pneumatic conveying; dense phase; slug flow; plug flow; stationary layer
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1420846
Identifier: uon:37645
Identifier: ISSN:0032-5910
Language: eng
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