Polymer induced turbulent drag reduction using pressure and gravity-driven methods

Inkollu Sreedhar; Gautam Jain; Patibandla Srinivas; Kuppireddy Suresh Kumar Reddy

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.31, No.4, 568-573, April, 2014

DOI10.1007/s11814-013-0273-7 Export Citation

Polymer induced turbulent drag reduction using pressure and gravity-driven methods

Inkollu Sreedhar^†, Gautam Jain, Patibandla Srinivas, and Kuppireddy Suresh Kumar Reddy¹

Chemical Engineering Department, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India
¹Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, United Arab Emirates

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Drag reduction using polymer additives has been industrially important for enhancing the flow rates and hence the power consumption. In this study, various polymers like PEG, PAM, HPMC were employed with solvents like water and lubricating oil for drag reduction using gravity and pressure driven methods. The optimum set of parameters for maximum drag reduction--polymer concentration, nature of polymer, polymer combinations, exit pipe diameter, solvent-polymer combinations, experimental methodology--were obtained and then the results validated with well known concepts like the Toms effect and Virk’s maximum drag reduction asymptote.

Keywords:Drag Reduction;HPMC;PAM;PEG;Pipe Friction Apparatus;Gravity-driven Method

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[Referenced By]

[1] Toms BA, Proceedings of the international congress on rheology, North-Holland (1949)

[2] Toms BA, Phys. Fluids, 20, 3 (1977)

[3] Mysels KJ, US Patent, 2,492,173 (1949)

[4] Virk PS, AIChE J., 21, 625 (1975)

[5] Virk PS, Merril EW, Mickley HS, Smith KA, Mollo-Christensen EL, J. Fluid Mech., 20, 22 (1967)

[6] Gasljevic K, Aguilar G, Matthys EF, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech., 84(2-3), 131 (1999)

[7] Sureshkumar R, Beris AN, Handler RA, Phys. Fluids, 9, 743 (1997)

[8] Dimitropoulos CD, Sureshkumar R, Beris AN, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech., 79(2-3), 433 (1998)

[9] Ptasinski PK, Boersma BJ, Nieuwstadt FTM, Hulsen MA, Van den Brule HAA, Hunt JCR, J. Fluid Mech., 490, 251 (2003)

[10] Min T, Yoo JY, Choi H, Joseph DD, J. Fluid Mech., 486, 213 (2003)

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[12] Wei T, Willmarth WW, J. Fluid Mech., 245, 619 (1992)

[13] Ptasinski PK, Nieuwstadt FTM, Van Den Brule BHAA, Hulsen MA, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 66, 159 (2001)

[14] Sellin RHJ, Ollis M, Journal of Rheology, 24, 667 (1980)

[15] Khalil MF, Kassab SZ, Elmiligui AA, Naoum FA, J. Irrigation and Drainage Eng., 128, 147 (2002)

[16] Subba Rao CV, King P, Prasad VSRK, Int. J. Fluid Mechanics Res., 35, 374 (2008)

[17] Den Toonder JMJ, Hulsen MA, Kuiken GDC, Nieuwstadt FTM, J. Fluid Mech., 337, 193 (1997)

[18] Choi HJ, Lim ST, Lai PY, Chan CK, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89,088302-1 (2002)

[19] Hunston DL, Zakin JL, Polym. Eng. Sci., 20, 517 (1980)

[20] Choi HJ, Kim CA, Sohn J, Jhon MS, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 69, 341 (2000)

[21] Nakken T, Tande M, Nystrom B, European Polym. J., 40, 181 (2004)

[22] Kim CA, Kim JT, Choi HJ, Jhon MS, Polymer, 41, 7611 (2000)

[23] Goren Y, Norbury JF, J. Basic Eng., 89, 814 (1967)

[24] Kenis PR, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 15(3), 607 (1971)

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[32] White A, J. Mechanical Eng. Sci., 8, 452 (1966)

[33] Hershey HC, Drag reduction in newtonian polymer solutions, PhD Thesis, University of Missouri-Rolla (1965)