ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The terminal velocities of spheres falling in aqueous solutions of hydroxyethyl cellulose and polyethylene oxide were determined with ruby and steel spheres. For each sphere the terminal velocity was obtained in seven cylinder sizes covering a range of sphere-to-cylinder diameter ratio from 0.0067 to 0.18. The data were used in an extrapolation to correct for the cylindrical wall effect. Several alternative extrapolation procedures for estimating the zero shear viscosity were attempted and the results were compared. An empirical correlation for the drag coefficient was developed in terms of the Ellis parameters of the fluids, and the Faxén wall correction for Newtonian flow. the correlation gives the drag coefficient within 4% for all cases in which the quantity ηvt/Dτ1/2 is less than 0.3.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690130531
