Dead Sea Mud Slurry Flow in a Horizontal Pipe

This paper reports the results of experimental work on the flow of Dead Sea mud through a circular pipe. The dependence of the discharge of the Dead Sea mud in pipe on water content is examined for four different mud-water mixtures that were pumped through a horizontal pipe. A mathematical model describing all observed phenomena was developed. Experimental results were compared with prediction, using shear stress power law equation, and good agreement was obtained. The obtained results may find their application not only in the transportation of Dead Sea mud, but also in assessing the pumping requirements for the transportation of dredged cohesive mud at in-situ water content. (C) 2009 Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. All rights reserved