International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Rheological Behaviour and Concentration Distribution of Paraffin Slurry in Horizontal Rectangular Channel

  • Author:
  • Mohamed Najib EL Boujaddaini12, Philippe Haberschill1, Abdelaziz Mimet2
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Page Number: 145 to 160

1Cethil Umr 5008/INSA – UCBL – CNRS/Bat Sadi Carnot, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein 69621, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

2Laboratoire d'Energétique; Faculté des Sciences/BP 2121 -93000, Tétouan, Maroc

*Correspondence author. Email: najib_elboujaddaini@yahoo.fr

Abstract

The mathematical modeling of liquid-solid flows is very complex because the solid particles distribution in the carrier liquid is heterogeneous or even when moving beds occurs. In this paper, a mathematical modelling and a numerical simulation of the flow behaviour of the paraffin slurry in a horizontal rectangular channel is presented. The pressure drop was presented and analyzed. The diffusion equation was solved, and the concentrations of suspended solid particles in the mixture have been given for several values of the mixture's average velocities.

Keywords

Paraffin slurry, two-phase flow, phase change material, suspension, numerical simulation, concentration