1D-CFD model for improved pump pipeline systems

In the past years we have learned that to further improve the design of our pump-pipeline systems, we need to simulate many time depended processes in the pipeline. As such we are working on developing 1D-CFD Technology, in collaboration with the Delft University of Technology. 

The main advantage of 1D-CFD is fast simulation times. Now, we can simulate a whole pipeline of many kilometers in several minutes using a laptop computer, pipelines for Dredging, (wet) Mining and Deep Sea Mining. The 1D-CFD model incorporates the following processes:

• Sedimentation and pipeline blockages
• Particle velocities, influenced by mixture density
• Pipeline pressure
• Pump-pipeline coupling
• Self-amplifying density waves.

Our latest work can be viewed in our paper published at the Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. More publications on this work will follow this year.

Read and download the complete article here