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Settling Velocity of Spherical Particles

The document discusses equations and graphs for calculating the settling velocity of spherical particles in a liquid. It provides the equation that settling velocity is a function of particle diameter, densities of the particle and liquid, liquid viscosity, and drag coefficient. Graphs show how settling velocity changes based on these factors and Reynolds number. The drag coefficient is also shown to vary with Reynolds number.

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Settling Velocity of Spherical Particles

The document discusses equations and graphs for calculating the settling velocity of spherical particles in a liquid. It provides the equation that settling velocity is a function of particle diameter, densities of the particle and liquid, liquid viscosity, and drag coefficient. Graphs show how settling velocity changes based on these factors and Reynolds number. The drag coefficient is also shown to vary with Reynolds number.

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Settling velocity of spherical particles

v=

v=
√ 4⋅g⋅d⋅( ρs − ρ L )
3⋅C D⋅ρ L v=
√ 4⋅g⋅d⋅( ρs −

Liquid density
3⋅C D⋅ρ

v= ((4 *g *d *(rs - rL) / (3 * CD * rL))^0.5 rL =


v= ((4 *g *d *(rs - rL) / (3 * (Slurry_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re(Re)) * rL))^0.5 Liquid viscosity
m=
Re = v*d*r/m
CD = Particle_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re(Re)

v= Particle_Settling_velocity_d_rs_rL_mu(d, rs,rL,mu)
d= 50 mm Particle diameter

Settling velocity
rs = 2000 kg/m3 Solids density
rL = 1000 kg/m 3
Liquid density
Settling velocity a
m= 0.001 Pa s Liquid absolute viscosity
v= #VALUE! m/s Settling velocity 12.000
10.000
8.000
6.000
CD = Particle_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re(Re) 4.000
Re = 0.1 2.000
Cd = #VALUE! 0.000
0 50
Rev. cjc. 05.06.2016

Particle settling velocity "v" [m/s] of spherical particles diameter "d" [mm]
v = ( (4 *g *d *(rs - rL) / (3 * (Particle_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re(Re)) * rL) )^0.5
d Particle density "rs" [kg/m3]

√ 4⋅g⋅d⋅( ρs − ρ L ) mm 1100 1200 1500 1800 2000 2500


v= 2 ### ### ### ### ### ###
3⋅C D⋅ρ L 5 ### ### ### ### ### ###
10 ### ### ### ### ### ###
Liquid density 15 ### ### ### ### ### ###
1000 kg/m3 20 ### ### ### ### ### ###
Liquid viscosity 50 ### ### ### ### ### ###
0.001 Pa s 100 ### ### ### ### ### ###
150 ### ### ### ### ### ###
200 ### ### ### ### ### ###

Settling velocity as a function of particle diameter and solids


density
rs=1100 [kg/m3]
2.000
rs=1200 [kg/m3]
0.000
8.000 rs=1500 [kg/m3]

6.000 rs=1800 [kg/m3]

4.000 rs=2000 [kg/m3]

2.000 rs=2500 [kg/m3]


0.000
0 50 100 diameter150
Particle [microns] 200 250
Particle Reynolds

Rep = v * dp * r / m
v: Fluid velocity
dp : Particle diameter
r= Fluid density
m= Fluid absolute viscosity
Drag Coefficient CD = f(Re) CD = Particle_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re(Re)
Re = 1
Function CD = #VALUE!
Re CD
0.0002 #VALUE!
1 #VALUE!
5 #VALUE! Drag Coefficient "CD" ver
10 #VALUE!
50 #VALUE!
100 #VALUE! 10.0
500 #VALUE!
1,000 #VALUE!
2,500 #VALUE!
4,000 #VALUE!
7,000 #VALUE!
10,000 #VALUE!
25,000 #VALUE!
CD
40,000 #VALUE!
70,000 #VALUE!
100,000 #VALUE!
150,000 #VALUE!
200,000 #VALUE!
300,000 #VALUE!
321,000 #VALUE!
380,000 #VALUE!
400,000 #VALUE!
600,000 #VALUE!
1,000,000 #VALUE!

1.0
0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10

CD = Particle_Drag_Coefficient_CD_Re
ficient "CD" versus Re, for spherical particles [Ref 1]

Funcion

1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000

Re
[1] 'Drag coefficient of flow around a sphere: Matching asymptotically the wide trend
'Jaber Almedeij
'Powder Technology 186 (2008) 218–223
'Available online at www.sciencedirect.com
'www.elsevier.com/locate/powtec

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