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Are you aware of the flow of water in the pipes when make design for your mining slurry industry?

Cause of hydraulic loss?

One is the blocking effect of the rough wall.

Second, it is the relative movement between the various flow layers of the water flow.

Third, it is the vortex formed by the local rapid change of the water flow in the pipe fittings. The hydraulic loss of the pipeline (network) is composed of two parts along the way and locally. In engineering, we must calculate and know its quantity in order to correctly select the water pump and determine the required water pump head.

The pressure loss in a pipe is due to friction and is related to the velocity of the liquid flowing in the pipe, the pipe materials and the physical properties of the liquid. The losses due to friction are referred to as friction head losses (hf). Friction head loss is determined in feet or meters of the liquid flowing in through the pipe but can be converted to pressure based on the density or specific gravity of the liquid. To calculate head loss, you need to know the length and inside diameter of the pipe and the liquid velocity in the section of pipe. Additionally, the pipe friction factor is required, which is dependent on the pipe material and the flow regime of the liquid within the pipe described by the Reynolds number.