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Non- Newtonian Drag Reducing Flow Characteristics in Porous Media

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Abstract

In this paper, the properties affecting the flow behavior of a non-Newtonian drag reduction fluid through porous media were studied. The experimental work was carried out for the flow of pure water and dilute polyethylene oxide solution with concentrations C = 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 ppm in a circular pipe with a 2.54 cm inside diameter filled with porous media (uniform size of plastic spheres with 5.5 mm in diameter). The experiments are utilized to show the effect of the variation of polyethylene oxide concentration on the pressure drop and friction factor by changing the flow rate and polyethylene oxide concentrations. To validate the experimental results, a comparison of pressure drop and friction factor for pure water is done with the Ergun model, which gives good agreement. The experiments show that the friction factor and the pressure drop are reduced by the increase in POE concentration. The drag reduction ratio increases with the increase in POE concentration and its effectiveness is higher at low velocities (between 0.012 and 0.068 m/s) than at higher velocities (from 0.068 to 0.157 m/s). A modified relationship was deduced as an extension of Ergun to describe the effect of POE concentrations as a drag reducing additive in the non-Newtonian fluid flow through a porous medium.

DOI

10.21608/erjeng.2022.160515.1098

Keywords

Non-Newtonian flow, Porous media, Drag reduction, friction factor, polyethylene oxide

Authors

First Name

Kareem

Last Name

Abdul Latif

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Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

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kmmabdullatif@gmail.com

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Mansoura

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El marghany

MiddleName

Ragab

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

mohamed_ragab@mans.edu.eg

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mansour

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

mhsaadanym@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Lotfy

Last Name

Rabie

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egyptnsoura university

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lotfyrs@hotmail.com

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Mansoura

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El Kady

MiddleName

Saad

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

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mselkady@yahoo.com

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Mansoura

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Volume

6

Article Issue

5

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38093

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-09-04

Publish Date

2022-12-01

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1

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6

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2356-9441

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2735-4873

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1,605

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Journal of Engineering Research

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23 Jan 2023