Drag reduction of biopolymer flows

• Main Authors: Jaafar, A, Poole, Robert
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7891/1/biopolymer_flow.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7891/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Drag reduction of rigid and semi-rigid biopolymers – scleroglucan (0.005% and 0.01% w/w) and xanthan gum (0.0124% and 0.07% w/w) – in a circular pipe and a concentric annular pipe (radius ratio  = 0.5) have been investigated experimentally. The objective here is to assess and study the behaviour of...