Drag reduction due to nonionic-type surfactants in turbulent pipe flow of ethylene glycol aqueous solution

Autor: Shinji Tamano, Keijiro Taga, Taku Watanabe, Yuki Matsui, Yohei Morinishi, Toru Yamada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 12, Iss 5, Pp 055109-055109-12 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/5.0088652
Popis: The drag-reducing effects of two nonionic-type surfactants, oleyl-N, N-dimethylamine N-oxide (ODMAO) and octadecyl-N, N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amine N-oxide (C18BAO), in ethylene glycol (EG) aqueous solution were comprehensively investigated at various surfactant concentrations of up to 2000 ppm by weight at various solution temperatures ranging from −5 to 80 °C in turbulent pipe flows. In EG aqueous solution (30% by weight), the mixture of ODMAO with salicylic acid with a molar ratio of 0.2 could effectively reduce the turbulent drag in the low-temperature range (up to 40 °C), whereas the effect of C18BAO was more notable at a temperature higher than 40 °C. Furthermore, the mixture of ODMAO and C18BAO in EG aqueous solution exhibited a high drag reduction ratio of more than 60% in a considerably wider range of solution temperatures (from 20 to 60 °C), while the drag reduction performance deteriorated below 0 °C and beyond 60 °C.
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