Increasing the Efficiency of the Transport Pipelines of the Stowing Complex with the Application of a Polyurethane Coating

One of the main reasons for the insufficient efficiency of backfill complexes of mining enterprises is the intense hydroabrasive wear of its transport pipelines, which entails a change in the roughness of the inner surface, which in turn determines the pressure loss during hydrotransportation. The replacement of worn-out pipelines with new ones, as well as the consumption of electricity, are the main items of expenditure in the operation of the hydrotransport systems of stowing complexes. The article presents the results of studies of the surface of pipelines of stowing complexes, the influence of the roughness of the inner surface of the pipeline on the specific pressure loss is established, which made it possible to evaluate the economic efficiency of replacing thick-walled steel pipes with metal pipes with a polyurethane lining. A comparative calculation of the costs of laying and operating a thick-walled steel pipeline and a steel pipeline with an internal polyurethane coating for a period of 10 years was carried out, taking into account the costs of purchasing, installing and replacing pipes, as well as spending on electricity for transporting backfill slurry through these pipes.

Keywords: stowing complex, slurry, polyurethane coating of the pipeline, pipeline roughness, pressure loss.
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Atroshchenko V. A., Alexandrov V. I. Increasing the Efficiency of the Transport Pipelines of the Stowing Complex with the Application of a Polyurethane Coating. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2022;(10-1):25—38. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_101_0_25.

Acknowledgements:
Issue number: 10
Year: 2022
Page number: 25-38
ISBN: 0236-1493
UDK: 622
DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_101_0_25
Article receipt date: 20.03.2022
Date of review receipt: 27.06.2022
Date of the editorial board′s decision on the article′s publishing: 10.09.2022
About authors:

Atroshchenko V. A.1, Postgraduate student, e-mail: vik3137@yandex.ru;
Alexandrov V. I.1, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor; e-mail: Aleksandrov@pers.spmi.ru;
1 Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Corresponding author: V. A. Atroshchenko, e-mail: vik3137@yandex.ru.

 

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