Numerical analysis of air–water–solid three-phase flow in airlift pump for seabed mining

UR Rim, HR Kim, JG Ryom, SH Kim - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The airlift pump has the advantages of simple structure, strong reliability, convenient
maintenance and low cost in the fields of deep seawater upwelling and seabed mining. This …

[PDF][PDF] A Comprehensive Review of Design and Operational Parameters Influencing Airlift Pump Performance.

I Omar, AAM Saleh - Mathematical Modelling of Engineering …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Accepted: 25 January 2023 Airlift pumps find extensive applications across diverse sectors,
such as petrochemical and oil industries, mining and hydraulics, abrasive chemicals and hot …

Energy loss of deep-sea mining pump for polymetallic nodule particles transport based on entropy production method

B **e, Y Cheng, P Tang, T Wang, W Ma - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Since energy dissipation caused by the complex solid-liquid two-phase flow is the main
reason for deep-sea mining pump efficiency degradation, this paper uses the entropy …

Development of the entropy generation investigation for slug flow in a large diameter pipe

S Mohammadi, A Jahangiri, M Emamzadeh… - … Communications in Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
The slug flow phenomenon falls within the category of intermittent flow profiles, and due to
its disorder and fluctuations at high pressures, the industry's focus is on avoiding its …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental investigation of a centrifugal pump hydraulic performance in hydraulic transmission of solids

R Barmaki, MB Ehghaghi - Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, 2019 - academia.edu
In petroleum and mine industries, the centrifugal pumps were used for transferring solid
particles with water. This method is preferable to other methods because of its user friendly …

[HTML][HTML] Entropy generation for negative frictional pressure drop in vertical slug and churn flows

L Liu, D Liu, N Huang - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
It is widely accepted that the frictional pressure drop is impossible to be negative for pipe
flow. However, the negative frictional pressure drops were observed for some cases of two …