The mathematical solutions to slurry flow determination are further complicated when the flow is broken into two components for analysis, namely a pseudo homogeneous amended carrying fluid consisting of the actual carrying fluid together with the finer particles, with the larger particles being carried in this amended fluid in heterogeneous suspension.
The use of a computer to solve the resulting complex equations by iterative means and the subsequent automatic plot ting of results is described in this paper.
The conclusion reached in the paper is that meaningful results, utilising extensions of existing slurry pumping theory can be obtained by using computerised iterative analysis. Thereby the analyses of specific or ranges of slurry pumping duties become a relatively simple affair.
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