期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
卷 84, 期 -, 页码 646-655出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.09.010
关键词
Settling velocity; Shear-thinning; Viscoelastic; Weissenberg number; Wall factor; Reynolds number
资金
- RPSEA
- DOE
An experimental study is performed to understand and quantify settling velocity of spherical particles in unbounded and confined surfactant-based shear thinning viscoelastic fluids. Experimental data is presented to show that elastic effects can increase or decrease the settling velocity of particles, even in the creeping flow regime. Experimental data shows that a significant drag reduction occurs with increase in Weissenberg number. This is followed by a transition to increasing drag at higher Weissenberg numbers. A new correlation is presented for the sphere settling velocity in unbounded viscoelastic fluids as a function of the fluid rheology and the proppant properties. The wall factors for sphere settling velocities in viscoelastic fluids confined between solid parallel plates are calculated from experimental measurements made on these fluids over a range of Weissenberg numbers. Results indicate that elasticity reduces the effect of the confining walls and this reduction is more pronounced at higher ratios of the particle diameter to spacing between the walls. Shear thinning behavior of fluids is observed to reduce the retardation effect of the confining walls. A new empirical correlation for wall factors for spheres settling in a viscoelastic fluid confined between two parallel walls is presented. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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