Turbulent Friction Factor for Two-Phase: Air-Powerlaw Fluid Flows Through Horizontal Tubes

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
B. K. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Friction Factor ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Homogeneous Model ◽  
Fluid Flows ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Power Law Fluid ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Turbulent Friction ◽  
Friction Factors ◽  
Power Law Fluids

Turbulent experimental friction factors for air and power-law fluid flows through a horizontal tube are reported. The power-law fluids studied were aqueous solutions of Carbopol® (at concentrations 1000 and 2000 wppm). The two-phase friction factors were correlated in terms of the generalized Reynolds number (Re*). Over a range of the Re* from 6000 to 80,000, the simpler homogeneous model is accurate enough for engineering prediction of turbulent friction factor for air and power-law fluid flows through straight tubes.

Internal Heat Transfer to Power-Law Fluid Flows Through Porous Media

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Rao ◽  
J. P. McDevitt ◽  
D. L. Vetter
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Polymer Concentration ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Fluid Flows ◽  
Vertical Tube ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Power Law Fluid ◽  
Power Law Fluids

Abstract Heat transfer and pressure drop were measured for flow of aqueous solutions of Carbopol 934 through a vertical tube filled with porous media. The heated stainless steel test section has an inside diameter of 2.25 cm, and is 200 diameters long. The porosity was varied from 0.32 to 0.68 by using uniform spherical glass beads. Uniform heat flux thermal boundary condition was imposed bypassing direct electric current through the tube wall. Over a range of the parameters: 45 < Rea < 7,000, 21 < Pra < 58, 0.62<n (power-law exponent)<0.80, 0.22 < d/D < 0.6, and the polymer concentration from 250 to 500 parts per million, the friction factor data for power-law fluids agreed with the Newtonian predictions. Heat transfer to power-law fluids increases with increasing Rea and Prw and decreasing porosity. A new correlation was proposed for predicting heat transfer to power-law fluid flows through confined porous media.

INVESTIGATION ON VOID FRACTION FOR TWO-PHASE FLOW PRESSURE DROP OF EVAPORATIVE R-290 IN HORIZONTAL TUBE

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (8-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Sunjarianto Pamitran ◽  
Sentot Novianto ◽  
Normah Mohd-Ghazali ◽  
Nasruddin Nasruddin ◽  
Raldi Koestoer
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Homogeneous Model ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Experimental Conditions

Two-phase flow boiling pressure drop experiment was conducted to observe its characteristics and to develop a new correlation of void fraction based on the separated model. Investigation is completed on the natural refrigerant R-290 (propane) in a horizontal circular tube with a 7.6 mm inner diameter under experimental conditions of 3.7 to 9.6 °C saturation temperature, 10 to 25 kW/m2 heat flux, and 185 to 445 kg/m2s mass flux. The present experimental data was used to obtain the calculated void fraction which then was compared to the predicted void fraction with 31 existing correlations. A new void fraction correlation for predicting two-phase flow boiling pressure drop, as a function of Reynolds numbers, was proposed. The measured pressure drop was compared to the predicted pressure drop with some existing pressure drop models that use the newly developed void fraction model. The homogeneous model of void fraction showed the best prediction with 2% deviation

The Equation of the Limit Replacement Width of Non-Newton Fluid in Eccentric Annulus

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 2616-2619
Author(s):  
Yin Qing Liu ◽  
Mei Wei Wang ◽  
Hai Qing Cui
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Rheological Properties ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Solution Method ◽  
Cement Slurry ◽  
Power Law Fluid ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Numerical Solution Method ◽  
Eccentric Annulus ◽  
The One

The equation of the limit replacement width of the one-dimension two-phase flow of Bingham fluid replacing Power law fluid in eccentric annulus was established, the numerical solution method of the equation mentioned above was given and taking the 3 wells, such as the He 104-27 well etc for examples, the limit replacement widths of cement slurry displacing mud, whose rheological properties can be described as Bingham and Power law modles respectively, were calculated, by using the equation and the numerical solution method mentioned above, and compared with those of cement slurry displacing mud, whose rheological properties are all described as Binghanm modle.

Drops of power-law fluids falling on a coated vertical fibre

2014 ◽  
Vol 751 ◽  
pp. 184-215
Author(s):  
Liyan Yu ◽  
John Hinch
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Waves ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Bond Number ◽  
Power Law Fluid ◽  
Shear Thinning Fluids ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids ◽  
The Stability

AbstractWe study the solitary wave solutions in a thin film of a power-law fluid coating a vertical fibre. Different behaviours are observed for shear-thickening and shear-thinning fluids. For shear-thickening fluids, the solitary waves are larger and faster when the reduced Bond number is smaller. For shear-thinning fluids, two branches of solutions exist for a certain range of the Bond number, where the solitary waves are larger and faster on one and smaller and slower on the other as the Bond number decreases. We carry out an asymptotic analysis for the large and fast-travelling solitary waves to explain how their speeds and amplitudes change with the Bond number. The analysis is then extended to examine the stability of the two branches of solutions for the shear-thinning fluids.

scholarly journals Publisher's Note: Phenomenological Blasius-type friction equation for turbulent power-law fluid flows [Phys. Rev. E92, 063006 (2015)]

2016 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. R. Anbarlooei ◽  
D. O. A. Cruz ◽  
F. Ramos ◽  
A. P. Silva Freire
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Fluid Flows ◽  
Power Law Fluid
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