Abstract:For the production of seafloor massive sulfides, the ores are expected to be transported as a slurry up to the sea surface. The pipe wear is caused mainly by the collision of the ores against the pipe wall, thus the evaluation of pipe wear is required for the operation of the production system. The authors conducted a full-scale experiment for evaluating pipe wear due to slurry flow. As the results, the pipe wear resistance of a SUS304 stainless steel is higher than the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene… Show more
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