Orifice flowmeter for measuring extensional rheological properties

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1189-1196

  Carreau, Pierre J ^a   Ascanio, Gabriel ^a   Brito De La Fuente, Edmundo ^b   Tanguy, Philippe A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coating color; Elongational viscosity; Euler number; Extensional properties; Orifice flow meter

Indexed keywords

FLOWMETERS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

ACCELERATED FLOWS;

ORIFICES;

COLORIMETRIC EVALUATION; FLOWMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORIFICE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

ACCELERATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLOR; CORN; DECELERATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLOWMETER; LIQUID; MATERIAL COATING; PAPER; PRESSURE; SYRUP; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037600496     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800621     Document Type: Article

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