Heat transfer enhancement in drag-reducing channel flow

• Main Author: Yeo, Keng Hoo
• Other Authors: Leong Kai Choong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/5471
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since the discovery of the Toms effect (Toms, 1948), polymers as drag-reducing additives have been widely used to reduce the undesired drag that occurs over long-distance transportation of liquids. However, less attention has been focused on this area of research, especially in the case of re-circul...