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Slurry transportation is an essential process in numerous industrial applications, widely studied for its efficiency in material conveyance. Despite substantial research, the impact of pipe wall roughness on critical metrics such as pressure drop, specific energy consumption (SEC), and the Nusselt number remains relatively underexplored. This study provides a detailed analysis using a three-dimensional computational model of a slurry pipeline, with a 0.0549 m diameter and 3.8 m length. The model employs an Eulerian multiphase approach coupled with the RNG k-ε turbulence model, assessing slurry concentrations Cw = 40–60% (by weight). Simulations were conducted at flow velocities Vm = 1–5 m/s, with pipe roughness (Rh) ranging between 10 and 50 µm. Computational findings indicate that both pressure drop and SEC increase proportionally with roughness height, Vm, and Cw. Interestingly, the Nusselt number appears unaffected by roughness height, although it rises corresponds to Vm, and Cw. These insights offer a deeper understanding of slurry pipeline dynamics, informing strategies to enhance operational efficiency and performance across various industrial contexts.

Slurry transportation is an essential process in numerous industrial applications, widely studied for its efficiency in material conveyance. Despite substantial research, the impact of pipe wall roughness on critical metrics such as pressure drop, specific energy consumption (SEC), and the Nusselt number remains relatively underexplored. This study provides a detailed analysis using a three-dimensional computational model of a slurry pipeline, with a 0.0549 m diameter and 3.8 m length. The model employs an Eulerian multiphase approach coupled with the RNG k-ε turbulence model, assessing slurry concentrations Cw = 40–60% (by weight). Simulations were conducted at flow velocities Vm = 1–5 m/s, with pipe roughness (Rh) ranging between 10 and 50 µm. Computational findings indicate that both pressure drop and SEC increase proportionally with roughness height, Vm, and Cw. Interestingly, the Nusselt number appears unaffected by roughness height, although it rises corresponds to Vm, and Cw. These insights offer a deeper understanding of slurry pipeline dynamics, informing strategies to enhance operational efficiency and performance across various industrial contexts.

Ozone (O3), a major air pollutant, can negatively impact plant growth and yield. While O3 impacts have been widely documented in crops such as wheat and soybean, few studies have looked at the effects of O3 on sorghum, a C4 plant and the fifth most important cereal crop worldwide. We exposed grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor cv. HAT150843) to a range of O3 concentrations (daytime mean O3 concentrations ranged between 20 and 97 ppb) in open-top chambers, and examined how whole plant and leaf morphological traits varied in response to O3 exposure. Results showed no significant impact of realistic O3 exposure on whole plant biomass and its partitioning in sorghum. These findings suggest that sorghum is generally resistant to O3 and should be considered as a favourable crop in O3 polluted regions, while acknowledging further research is needed to understand the mechanistic basis of O3 tolerance in sorghum.

Ozone (O3), a major air pollutant, can negatively impact plant growth and yield. While O3 impacts have been widely documented in crops such as wheat and soybean, few studies have looked at the effects of O3 on sorghum, a C4 plant and the fifth most important cereal crop worldwide. We exposed grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor cv. HAT150843) to a range of O3 concentrations (daytime mean O3 concentrations ranged between 20 and 97 ppb) in open-top chambers, and examined how whole plant and leaf morphological traits varied in response to O3 exposure. Results showed no significant impact of realistic O3 exposure on whole plant biomass and its partitioning in sorghum. These findings suggest that sorghum is generally resistant to O3 and should be considered as a favourable crop in O3 polluted regions, while acknowledging further research is needed to understand the mechanistic basis of O3 tolerance in sorghum.