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Title:

Physical modelling of slurries: Phase 1

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$24,600.00

Agreement Date:

Nov 8, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

British Columbia, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q3-00516

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Martinez, Mark (The University of British Columbia)

Program:

Engage Grants for universities

Program Purpose:

Mining is one of Canada's largest export industries. This research is directly aimed at improving thex000D
competitiveness of a Canadian engineering consulting company through a better understanding of thex000D
behaviour of slurries for the mining industry during transport in full, or partially-full, pipes. The goal of thex000D
work is to create both numerical simulations and experimental flow visualizations of poly-disperse,x000D
non-Brownian suspension during gravity settling and pipe transport. This is the first phase of a potential 2.5x000D
year collaborative program with Fluor Canada Ltd. Here, we will evaluate the potential of using both advancedx000D
numerical and experimental techniques, currently available at UBC, to characterize the settling behavior ofx000D
suspensions applicable to the mining industry. Successful completion of the ENGAGE grant will lead to ax000D
second phase of the work sponsored by and NSERC CRD grant.