Measurement of Flow Characteristics for Multiparticulate Bottom Ash-water Suspension with Additives

Abstract

In the present work, Rheological characteristics of bottom ash was studied with and without addition of additives. Two additives were selected as Henko detergent and sodium sulfate. The additive added in bottom ash suspension with proportion of 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6% (by weight). The solid concentration of bottom ash suspension varied from 10 to 60% (by weight). Reduction in apparent viscosity is highly noticeable with addition of sodium sulfate as compared to Henko detergent.The investigation reveals that bottom ash suspension in above manner has a potential to transport in slurry pipeline with minimum energy consumptions.