Drag reduction in co-current down flow packed column using xanthan gum

Iyyaswami Regupathi; Ponnan Ettiyappan JagadeeshBabu; M. Chitra; Thanapalan Murugesan

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.27, No.4, 1205-1212, July, 2010

DOI10.1007/s11814-010-0181-z Export Citation

Drag reduction in co-current down flow packed column using xanthan gum

Iyyaswami Regupathi, Ponnan Ettiyappan JagadeeshBabu, M. Chitra¹, and Thanapalan Murugesan^{2, †}

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore 575 025, India, Iran
¹Department of Chemical Engineering, A. C. College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India, Iran
²Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia

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Drag reduction is one of the most important techniques for reducing energy consumption in a packed bed contactor. The present work involves an experimental investigation on flow regime transition for air-water system with and without drag reducing agent (DRA), two-phase pressure drop, friction factor and drag reduction using xanthan gum as DRA. Drag reduction was quantified from the two-phase pressure drop data. Based on the present observations it was found that the percentage drag reduction increases with an increase in the concentration of DRA and it is only effective in the range of 300 ppm to 800 ppm. The experimental results indicate that a maximum of 80% drag reduction was achievable using xanthan gum (800 ppm) as DRA. Furthermore, the experimental data were validated with the available literature correlations.

Keywords:Drag Reduction;Packed Bed Down Flow;Two-phase Friction Factor and Xanthan Gum

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[Referenced By]

[1] Toms BA, Process International Rheological Congress II & III, 135- 41, 47-9, 51-2 (1949)

[2] Truong VT, Drag reduction technologies., DSTO Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory, Australia (2001)

[3] Lumley JL, Physics Fluids., 20, 64 (1977)

[4] Lumley JL, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mechanics., 1, 367 (1969)

[5] Hanna MR, Kozicki W, Tiu C, Chem. Eng. J., 13, 93 (1977)

[6] Al-Sarkhi A, Abu-Nada1 E, Batayneh M, Advances in Fluid Mechanics WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences., 52, 1743 (2006)

[7] Al-Sarkhi A, Soleimani A, European Federation Chem. Eng., 1583 (2004)

[8] Choi E, Moin P, Kim J, J. Fluid Mechanics., 262, 75 (1994)

[9] JagadeeshBabu PE, Ph.D. Thesis., A.C. Tech., Anna University (2005)

[10] Trivizadakis ME, Giakoumakis D, Karabelas AJ, Chem. Eng. Sci., 61(17), 5534 (2006)

[11] Charpentier JC, Favier M, AIChE J., 21(6), 1213 (1975)

[12] Morsi BI, Midous N, Charpentier JC, AIChE J., 24(2), 357 (1978)

[13] Oliver DR, Bakhtiyarov SI, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics., 12, 113 (1983)

[14] Reddy RK, Joshi JB, Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 86(5A), 444 (2008)

[15] Tulin MP, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Drag Reduction. (1984)

[16] Tiederman WG, Luchik TS, Bogard DG, J. Fluid Mechanics., 156, 419 (1985)

[17] Mowla D, Naderi A, Chem. Eng. Sci., 61(5), 1549 (2006)

[18] Dukler AE, Hubbard MG, Ind. Chem. Fundam., 14(4), 337 (1975)

[19] Jourdan L, Knapp Y, Oliver F, Guibergia JP, J. Mechanics Fluids., 17, 105 (1998)

[20] Hoyt JW, Encyclope dia of polymer science and engineering., 5,Wiley, New York, 129 (1986)

[21] Hoyt JW, ASME J. Basic Eng., 94, 258 (1972)

[22] Bonn D, Amarouchene Y, Wagner C, Douady S, Cadot O, J.Physics., 17, 1195 (2005)

[23] Min T, Yoo JY, Choi H, Joseph DD, J. Fluid Mechanics., 486, 213 (2003)