%0 Journal Article %A Krishnan V. Pagalthivarthi and Pankaj K. Gupta and Vipin Tyagi and M. R. Ravi %D 2011 %J International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 51, 2011 %T CFD Predictions of Dense Slurry Flow in Centrifugal Pump Casings %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3699 %V 51 %X Dense slurry flow through centrifugal pump casing has been modeled using the Eulerian-Eulerian approach with Eulerian multiphase model in FLUENT 6.1®. First order upwinding is considered for the discretization of momentum, k and ε terms. SIMPLE algorithm has been applied for dealing with pressurevelocity coupling. A mixture property based k-ε turbulence model has been used for modeling turbulence. Results are validated first against mesh independence and experiments for a particular set of operational and geometric conditions. Parametric analysis is then performed to determine the effect on important physical quantities viz. solid velocities, solid concentration and solid stresses near the wall with various operational geometric conditions of the pump. %P 538 - 550