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Paterson & Cooke specialise in the design of pumped and gravity flow pipeline systems. Our experience includes the design of pipelines conveying water, sea water, low and high concentration slurries, thickened tailings and paste tailings.

The design of slurry pipeline systems is a key company expertise and we have designed slurry pipeline systems for the following range of variables:

  • Pipeline lengths up to 312 km.
  • Pipe diameters up to 700 mm.
  • Particle sizes ranging from sub-micron
    to 300 mm.
  • Mixture yield stresses up to 800 Pa.

Our company has developed customised tools to assist with slurry flow behaviour modelling, pump derating calculation, transient flow analysis and hydraulic grade line development.


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