Energy losses of non-Newtonian fluids in sudden pipe contractions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-63

  Fester, Veruscha ^a   Mbiya, Baudouin ^a   Slatter, Paul ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abrupt; Contraction; Energy loss; Experimental database; non Newtonian; Pressure; Rheology; Sudden

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GLYCEROL; KAOLIN; LIQUIDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOUS FLOW;

ABRUPT; CONTRACTION; ENERGY LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; NON-NEWTONIAN; PRESSURE; SUDDEN;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 53849085472     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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