Abstract
The drag between phases plays an important role in the study of a turbulent two-phase suspension flow and its physical understanding will greatly promote progress in theoretical treatments of a whole range of important industrial and technical problems involving such a flow. The conventional practice of using the results of measurements based on a single particle in a laminar stream for the case of a turbulent flow of a dilute suspension is questioned. An analysis of the results of local measurements of upward turbulent flows of a solid particle-air two-phase suspension leads to the determination of the realistic particle drag coefficient over a wide range of flow conditions. It is established that the particle drag can be described by the simple Stokes law, based on an apparent turbulent viscosity of the fluid for the particles in the suspension flow. A correlation is provided for this apparent turbulent viscosity in terms of the particle size and concentration in the suspension, the local flow turbulence Reynolds number and the particle-to-fluid density ratio.
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