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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 333, 2021
The 18th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2019)
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Article Number | 02002 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Fluid and Particle Processing | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202133302002 | |
Published online | 08 January 2021 |
Flow Characteristics of Drag-Reducing Surfactant Solutions
Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
* Corresponding author: saeki@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
The objective of this study is to clarify the flow characteristics of drag-reducing flow and to elucidate the mechanism underlying this phenomenon. The surfactant and counter ion we used were Lipothoquad O/12 and sodium salicylate, respectively. The drag reduction rate (DR%) was measured by using a recirculating system with a diameter of 25.6 mm. We also measured the flow characteristics of the surfactant solutions with different concentrations and temperatures by using particle image velocimetry (PIV). From the experimental results, DR% at an average velocity of 2.0 m/s increased from 0 to 68% as the temperature increased from 10 to 40 °C at a constant concentration of surfactant (300 mg/L). From the velocity contour plot obtained from PIV, we found that the thickness of the lower-velocity region of the drag-reducing flow near the pipe wall was thick at 20 °C, whereas vortex motions seemed controlled at 30 °C. On the other hand, the lower-velocity region thickened as the concentration of the surfactant increased at 25°C. Even if the same level of drag-reducing effects occurred, the flow patterns were quite different depending on the concentration and temperature.
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