Sedimentation of a sphere along the axis of a long square duet filled with non‐newtonian liquids | Zendy

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Sedimentation of a sphere along the axis of a long square duet filled with non‐newtonian liquids

Author(s) -

Balaramakrishna P. V.,

Chhabra R. P.

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

the canadian journal of chemical engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1939-019X

pISSN - 0008-4034

DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450700427

Subject(s) - settling , sedimentation , newtonian fluid , square (algebra) , power law , non newtonian fluid , reynolds number , mechanics , physics , particle (ecology) , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , geometry , mathematics , geology , geomorphology , sediment , statistics , oceanography , turbulence

Based on extensive experimental results, it is shown that the retardation effect caused by the confining walls on the free settling velocity of a sphere is smaller with square walls than that with cylindrical boundaries. This is true for both Newtonian and power law fluids, provided the particle Reynolds number is small (< about 5). The values of the wall factor for Newtonian liquids are in excellent agreement with theory (up to R / L ≤ 0.1) while those for power law fluids have been correlated empirically via a linear relationship. The results reported here encompass the following ranges of conditions: 1 ≥ n ≥ 0.7; Re < 15 and 0.024 < R/L < 0.238.

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