A review of frictional pressure losses for flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian slurries through valves

Hydrotransport 16th International Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 189-204

  Pienaar, V G ^a   Slatter, P T ^a   Alderman, N J ^b   Heywood, N I ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b AspenTech Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; GRAVITATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VALVES (MECHANICAL); YIELD STRESS;

FANNING FRICTION FACTOR; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSSES; NON-NEWTONIAN SLURRIES; PRESSURE LOSS;

SLURRIES;

EID: 3843101524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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