Experimental investigation on rheological, momentum and heat transfer characteristics of flowing fiber crop suspensions

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• 作者：Samira Gharehkhani^a ; ^b ; Hooman Yarmand^c ; Mohammad Shahab Goodarzi^d ; Seyed Farid Seyed Shirazi^e ; Ahmad Amiri^c ; Mohd Nashrul Mohd Zubir^c ; Khalid Solangi^f ; Rushdan Ibrahim^g ; Salim Newaz Kazi^c ; ^{salimnewaz@um.edu.my} ; Somchai Wongwises^h ; ^{somchai.won@kmutt.ac.th}
• 关键词：Pulp suspension ; Viscosity ; Heat transfer ; Pressure drop ; Drag reduction
• 刊名：International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：80
• 期：Complete
• 页码：60-69
• 全文大小：903 K
• 卷排序：80

文摘

The study of pulp suspension flow is one of the most significant scientific interests since the considerable changes in the flow behavior of water were noticed after adding a small amount of fiber to water. The rheological studies on Kenaf pulp (a fiber crop) suspensions revealed that concentration has a great influence on variations of viscosity and yielded stress values. Heat transfer and pressure loss data were obtained from Kenaf suspension flow at different concentrations over a wide velocity range in a straight pipe. Kenaf suspension at the concentration of 0.6 wt.% showed maximum drag reduction. A considerable increase in the heat transfer coefficient of Kenaf suspension (0.2 wt.%) was also observed. Such an increment in the heat transfer coefficient ratio of Kenaf suspension flow is interesting since the enhancement of heat transfer has mostly been reported for suspensions containing nanoparticles and not for natural fibers in microscale. Moreover, the effects of fiber length and flexibility on momentum and heat transfer data were studied.