Effect of Bend Radius on Magnitude and Location of Erosion in S-Bend

Table 2

Comparison of available literature data.

Ref./geometry	Fluid/particle size	Fluid velocity	Amount of erosion	Location of max. erosion
Mazumder 2012 [13]: CFD (U-bend)	Air (50–300 microns)	15.24 m/s, 30.48 m/s, and 45.72 m/s	N/A	40^°–182^°
	Water (50–300 microns)	15.24 m/s, 30.48 m/s, and 45.72 m/s	N/A	60^°–155^°
Wang and Shirazi 2003 [7]: CFD (elbow)	Air (100–350 microns)	50 m/s	N/A	30^°–40^°
Suhane and Agarwal 2012 [20]: experiment	Air (106–125 microns)	18.23 m/s	Mass loss 99.6 g	24^°–32^°
Mills and Mason 1977 [21]: experiment (elbow)	Air (70 and 230 microns)	26 m/s	44 g mass loss	32^°, 38^°
		32 m/s	115 g mass loss
Fan et al. 2001 [10]: experiment (elbow)	Gas	41.2 m/s	N/A	20^°–30^°
El-Behery et al. 2010 [22]: CFD (curved duct)	Gas (100 microns)	10 m/s, 20 m/s, and 30 m/s	N/A	15^°–70^°
			N/A	10^°–140^°