COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF WATER-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN SPIRAL SEPARATORS: PART II, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLOWS
M. A, D., , A. F, A., G. M. A., M., M. H, A., A. M., R. (2008). COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF WATER-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN SPIRAL SEPARATORS: PART II, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLOWS. EKB Journal Management System, 36(No 4), 951-961. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2008.118512
Doheim, M. A; Abdel Gawad , A. F; Mahran, G. M. A.; Abu-Ali, M. H; Rizk, A. M.. "COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF WATER-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN SPIRAL SEPARATORS: PART II, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLOWS". EKB Journal Management System, 36, No 4, 2008, 951-961. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2008.118512
M. A, D., , A. F, A., G. M. A., M., M. H, A., A. M., R. (2008). 'COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF WATER-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN SPIRAL SEPARATORS: PART II, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLOWS', EKB Journal Management System, 36(No 4), pp. 951-961. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2008.118512
M. A, D., , A. F, A., G. M. A., M., M. H, A., A. M., R. COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF WATER-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN SPIRAL SEPARATORS: PART II, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLOWS. EKB Journal Management System, 2008; 36(No 4): 951-961. doi: 10.21608/jesaun.2008.118512

COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF WATER-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN SPIRAL SEPARATORS: PART II, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLOWS

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences
Article 8, Volume 36, No 4, July and August 2008, Page 951-961  XML PDF (2.74 MB)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2008.118512
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Authors
Doheim, M. A1; Abdel Gawad , A. F2; Mahran, G. M. A.3; Abu-Ali, M. H1; Rizk, A. M.1
1Mining and Metallurgical Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Assiut Univ.
2Mechanical Power Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University.
3Mining and Petroleum Eng. Dept. Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar Univ.
Abstract
This study presents a mathematical model to predict water-flow characteristics, especially primary (downstream) and secondary velocities on the spiral trough. The study is based on volume of Fluid (VOF) approach and turbulence modeling. The applied turbulence models are kε, RNG k-ε, SST k-ω, and RSM. The results show that the primary velocity increases on the spiral trough with increasing of the radial distance from central column, and the air friction with the water decreases the primary velocity at the free surface. The model is validated against experimental data from LD9 coal spiral. Comparisons between the predicted and the measured values show good agreements, and the RSM is the most accurate turbulence model while the SST k-ω model is the lowest accuracy.
Keywords
Spiral separator; Free-surface flow; Computational simulation; Turbulence modeling; Primary flow; Secondary flow
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