Abstract
ABSTRACT To investigate the sedimentation through urban wastewater pipelines a semicircular polyethylene pipeline of diameter 0.40 m and length 18 m in nearly horizontal orientation with a longitudinal slope of 0.01 for a discharge capacity of 0.0147 m3/s and a volumetric flow concentration of 30% has been used. The solid phase consists of three different particle sizes i.e. 0.25 × 10−3m, 0.35 × 10−3 m and 0.50 × 10−3m with the greatest frequency in the wastewater flow being a density of 2650 kg/m3. The flow has been simulated by Ansys-Fluent (2020) software. The effects of particle size on various slurry flow parameters such as pressure drop, solid phase velocity distribution, friction factor, granular pressure, turbulent viscosity, turbulent kinetic energy and its dissipation all have been analyzed. The location of maximum deposition is also determined and it occurred at x/R = 77.5. Finally, a relationship between the thickness of sedimentation and volume concentration has been proposed.
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