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Slurry Systems Handbook, Second Edition / Edition 2
by Baha Abulnaga
Baha Abulnaga
- ISBN-10:
- 1260452794
- ISBN-13:
- 9781260452792
- Pub. Date:
- 03/29/2021
- Publisher:
- McGraw Hill LLC
- ISBN-10:
- 1260452794
- ISBN-13:
- 9781260452792
- Pub. Date:
- 03/29/2021
- Publisher:
- McGraw Hill LLC
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Overview
A complete guide to slurries and slurry systems―fully updated for the latest advances
This thoroughly revised guide contains start-to-finish coverage of slurry systems—from fundamentals and fluid mechanics to pump design and materials selection. Written by a recognized expert in the field, Slurry Systems Handbook, Second Edition clearly explains the components, dynamics, and design of slurry systems for many applications, including mineral processing, nuclear waste processing, extra heavy oil upgrade, mineral concentrate transport, tailings systems and metal melting. You will get real-world examples, solved problems, and current codes as well as guidelines for conducting feasibility studies and hands-on operating procedures.
Coverage includes:
This thoroughly revised guide contains start-to-finish coverage of slurry systems—from fundamentals and fluid mechanics to pump design and materials selection. Written by a recognized expert in the field, Slurry Systems Handbook, Second Edition clearly explains the components, dynamics, and design of slurry systems for many applications, including mineral processing, nuclear waste processing, extra heavy oil upgrade, mineral concentrate transport, tailings systems and metal melting. You will get real-world examples, solved problems, and current codes as well as guidelines for conducting feasibility studies and hands-on operating procedures.
Coverage includes:
- General concepts of slurry flows
- Multi-species and stratified heterogeneous flows
- Non-Newtonian slurry flows
- Open channel and cascade slurry flows
- Slurry Hammer and Transients in closed and open channels
- Centrifugal and positive displacement slurry pumps
- Long distance slurry pipelines by commodity such as coal, copper, phosphate or gold
- Oil sand extraction
- Slurry reactors, hydrocracking and heat transfer
- Hydrocarbon and hydrate-based slurry pipelines
- Semi-solid metals casting
- Tailings systems, paste backfilling
- Slurry flows for nuclear waste processing
- De-silting hydroelectric reservoirs
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781260452792 |
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Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
Publication date: | 03/29/2021 |
Edition description: | 2nd ed. |
Pages: | 960 |
Product dimensions: | 7.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 2.30(d) |
About the Author
Baha Abulnaga, P.E., obtained his Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering degree in 1980 from the University of London and his Masters in Materials Engineering from the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Since 1990, he has been active in design of rotating equipment, pumps, and slurry pipelines and processing plants, slurry hydrocracking research. Through his career he worked for major engineering firms. He has received awards from the Department of Interior for innovation in reservoir sediment removals and from the National Science Foundation for innovation in metallurgy of iron. He is director at Mazdak International Inc (dba Splitvane Engineers). He holds many patents in different fields of slurry, liquid piston engine design, pump design and metallurgy.
Table of Contents
Preface | xvii | |
Part 1 | Hydraulics of Slurry Flows | |
1 | General Concepts of Slurry Flows | 3 |
1-0 | Introduction | 4 |
1-1 | Properties of Soils for Slurry Mixtures | 5 |
1-2 | Slurry Flows | 15 |
1-3 | Sinking Velocity of Particles, and Critical Velocity of Flow | 17 |
1-4 | Density of a Slurry Mixture | 19 |
1-5 | Dynamic Viscosity of a Newtonian Slurry Mixture | 21 |
1-6 | Specific Heat | 22 |
1-7 | Thermal Conductivity and Heat Transfer | 22 |
1-8 | Slurry Circuits in Extractive Metallurgy | 24 |
1-9 | Closed and Open Channel Flows, Pipelines Versus Launders | 31 |
1-10 | Historical Development of Slurry Pipelines | 32 |
1-11 | Sedimentation of Dams--A role for the Slurry Engineer | 33 |
1-12 | Conclusion | 37 |
1-13 | Nomenclature | 37 |
1-14 | References | 38 |
2 | Fundamentals of Water Flows in Pipes | 1 |
2-0 | Introduction | 1 |
2-1 | Shear Stress of Liquid Flows | 1 |
2-2 | Reynolds Number and Flow Regimes | 3 |
2-3 | Friction Factors | 4 |
2-4 | The Hydraulic Friction Gradient of Water in Rubber-Lined Steel Pipes | 19 |
2-5 | Dynamics of the Boundary Layer | 33 |
2-6 | Pressure Losses Due to Conduits and Fittings | 44 |
2-7 | Orifice Plates, Nozzles and Valves Head Losses | 49 |
2-8 | Pressure Losses Through Fittings at Low Reynolds Number | 54 |
2-9 | The Bernoulli Equation | 58 |
2-10 | Energy and Hydraulic Grade Lines with Friction | 58 |
2-11 | Fundamental Heat Transfer in Pipes | 58 |
2-12 | Conclusion | 62 |
2-13 | Nomenclature | 62 |
2-14 | References | 64 |
3 | Mechanics of Suspension of Solids in Liquids | 1 |
3-0 | Introduction | 1 |
3-1 | Drag Coefficient and Terminal Velocity of Suspended Spheres in a Fluid | 1 |
3-2 | Generalized Drag Coefficient--The Concept of Shape Factor | 12 |
3-3 | Non-Newtonian Slurries | 17 |
3-4 | Time-Independent Non-Newtonian Mixtures | 18 |
3-5 | Time-Dependent Non-Newtonian Mixtures | 30 |
3-6 | Drag Coefficient of Solids Suspended in Non-Newtonian Flows | 32 |
3-7 | Measurement of Rheology | 32 |
3-8 | Conclusion | 38 |
3-9 | Nomenclature | 38 |
3-10 | References | 41 |
4 | Heterogeneous Flows of Settling Slurries | 1 |
4-0 | Introduction | 1 |
4-1 | Regimes of Flow of a Heterogeneous Mixture in Horizontal Pipe | 2 |
4-2 | Hold Up | 5 |
4-3 | Transitional Velocities | 5 |
4-4 | Hydraulic Friction Gradient of Horizontal Heterogeneous Flows | 19 |
4-5 | Distribution of Particle Concentration in Compound Systems | 30 |
4-6 | Friction Losses for Compound Mixtures in Horizontal Heterogeneous Flows | 33 |
4-7 | Saltation and Blockage | 43 |
4-8 | Pseudohomogeneous or Symmetric Flows | 47 |
4-9 | Stratified Flows | 48 |
4-10 | Two-Layer Models | 50 |
4-11 | Vertical Flow of Coarse Particles | 57 |
4-12 | Inclined Heterogeneous Flows | 58 |
4-13 | Conclusion | 62 |
4-14 | Nomenclature | 63 |
4-15 | References | 66 |
5 | Homogeneous Flows of Nonsettling Slurries | 1 |
5-0 | Introduction | 1 |
5-1 | Friction Losses for Bingham Plastics | 2 |
5-2 | Friction Losses for Pseudoplastics | 11 |
5-3 | Friction Losses for Yield Pseudoplastics | 17 |
5-4 | Generalized Methods | 19 |
5-5 | Time-Dependent Non-Newtonian Slurries | 28 |
5-6 | Emulsions | 29 |
5-7 | Roughness Effects on Friction Coefficients | 29 |
5-8 | Wall Slippage | 33 |
5-9 | Pressure Loss through Pipe Fittings | 34 |
5-10 | Scaling up From Small to Large Pipes | 35 |
5-11 | Practical Cases of Non-Newtonian Slurries | 35 |
5-12 | Drag Reduction | 39 |
5-13 | Pulp and Paper | 40 |
5-14 | Conclusion | 41 |
5-15 | Nomenclature | 42 |
5-16 | References | 44 |
6 | Slurry Flow In Open Channels and Drop Boxes | 1 |
6-0 | Introduction | 1 |
6-1 | Friction for Single-Phase Flows in Open Channels | 2 |
6-2 | Transportation of Sediments in an Open Channel | 9 |
6-3 | Critical Velocity and Critical Shear Stress | 23 |
6-4 | Deposition Velocity | 27 |
6-5 | Flow Resistance and Friction Factor for Heterogeneous Slurry Flows | 29 |
6-6 | Friction Losses and Slope for Homogeneous Slurry Flows | 39 |
6-7 | Flocculation Launders | 44 |
6-8 | Froude Number and Stability of Slurry Flows | 45 |
6-9 | Methodology of Design | 45 |
6-10 | Slurry Flow in Cascades | 54 |
6-11 | Hydraulics of the Drop Box and the Plunge Pool | 56 |
6-12 | Plunge Pools and Drops Followed by Weirs | 67 |
6-13 | Conclusion | 71 |
6-14 | Nomenclature | 71 |
6-15 | References | 74 |
Part 2 | Equipment And Pipelines | |
7 | Components of Slurry Plants | 3 |
7-0 | Introduction | 3 |
7-1 | Rock Crushing | 3 |
7-2 | Secondary and Tertiary Crushers | 9 |
7-3 | Grinding Circuits | 11 |
7-4 | Horizontal Tumbling Mills | 23 |
7-5 | Agitated Grinding | 27 |
7-6 | Screening Devices | 31 |
7-7 | Slurry Classifiers | 32 |
7-8 | Flotation Circuits | 38 |
7-9 | Mixers and Agitators | 40 |
7-10 | Sedimentation | 59 |
7-11 | Conclusion | 64 |
7-12 | Nomenclature | 64 |
7-13 | References | 66 |
8 | The Design of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps | 1 |
8-0 | Introduction | 1 |
8-1 | The Centrifugal Slurry Pump | 2 |
8-2 | Elementary Hydraulics of the Slurry Pump | 6 |
8-3 | The Pump Casing | 25 |
8-4 | The Impeller, the Expeller and the Dynamic Seal | 34 |
8-5 | Design of the Drive End | 42 |
8-6 | Adjustment of the Wet End | 53 |
8-7 | Vertical Slurry Pumps | 53 |
8-8 | Gravel and Dredge Pumps | 59 |
8-9 | Affinity Laws | 60 |
8-10 | Performance Corrections for Slurry Pumps | 61 |
8-11 | Conclusion | 72 |
8-12 | Nomenclature | 72 |
8-13 | References | 75 |
9 | Positive Displacement Pumps | 1 |
9-0 | Introduction | 1 |
9-1 | Solid Piston Pumps | 1 |
9-2 | Plunger Pumps | 6 |
9-3 | Diaphragm Piston Pumps | 8 |
9-4 | Accessories for Piston and Plunger Pumps | 13 |
9-5 | Peristaltic Pumps | 13 |
9-6 | Rotary Lobe Slurry Pumps | 14 |
9-7 | The Lockhopper Pump | 15 |
9-8 | Conclusion | 16 |
9-9 | References | 17 |
10 | Materials Science for Slurry Systems | 1 |
10-0 | Introduction | 1 |
10-1 | The Stress- Strain Relationship of Metals | 1 |
10-2 | Iron and Its Alloys for the Slurry Industry | 3 |
10-3 | White Iron | 4 |
10-4 | Natural Rubbers | 11 |
10-5 | Synthetic Rubbers | 13 |
10-6 | Wear Due to Slurries | 18 |
10-7 | Conclusion | 21 |
10-8 | References | 22 |
11 | Slurry Pipelines | 1 |
11-0 | Introduction | 1 |
11-1 | Bauxite Pumping | 1 |
11-2 | Gold Tailings | 2 |
11-3 | Coal Slurries | 2 |
11-4 | Limestone Pipelines | 10 |
11-5 | Iron Ore Slurry Pipelines | 12 |
11-6 | Phosphate and Phosphoric Acid Slurries | 16 |
11-7 | Copper Slurry and Concentrate Pipelines | 21 |
11-8 | Clay and Drilling Muds | 22 |
11-9 | Oil Sands | 23 |
11-10 | Backfill Pipelines | 24 |
11-11 | Uranium Tailings | 27 |
11-12 | Codes and Standards for Slurry Pipelines | 27 |
11-13 | Conclusion | 30 |
11-14 | References | 31 |
12 | Feasibility Study for A Slurry Pipeline and Tailings Disposal System | 1 |
12-0 | Introduction | 1 |
12-1 | Project Definition | 2 |
12-2 | Rheology, Thickeners Performance, Pipeline Sizing | 5 |
12-3 | Reclaim Water Pipeline | 8 |
12-4 | Emergency Pond | 9 |
12-5 | Tailings Dams | 11 |
12-6 | Submerged Disposal | 15 |
12-7 | Tailings Dam Design | 17 |
12-8 | Seepage Analysis of Tailings Dams | 18 |
12-9 | Stability Analysis for Tailings Dams | 18 |
12-10 | Erosion and Corrosion | 19 |
12-11 | Hydraulics | 19 |
12-12 | Pump Station Design | 19 |
12-13 | Electric Power System | 20 |
12-14 | Telecommunications | 21 |
12-15 | Tailings Dam Monitoring | 21 |
12-16 | Choke Stations and Impactors | 22 |
12-17 | Establishing an Approach for Start-up and Shutdown | 22 |
12-18 | Closure and Reclamation Plan | 23 |
12-19 | Access and Service Roads | 24 |
12-20 | Cost Estimates | 24 |
12-21 | Project Implementation Plan | 27 |
12-22 | Conclusion | 27 |
12-23 | References | 28 |
Appendix A | Specific Gravity and Hardness of Minerals | 1 |
Appendix B | Units of Measurement | 1 |
Index | 1 |
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