A review of drag reduction by additives in curved pipes for single‐phase liquid and two‐phase flows

PO Ayegba, LC Edomwonyi‐Otu, N Yusuf… - Engineering …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The effect of drag‐reducing agents (DRAs) on fluid flows in straight pipes has been well
documented. Key among these is the effect of DRAs on turbulence statistics (Reynolds …

Guar gum as flow improver in single-phase water and liquid–liquid flows

AI Dosumu, LC Edomwonyi-Otu, N Yusuf… - Arabian Journal for …, 2020‏ - Springer
In this study, the effectiveness of guar gum as a flow improver in single-phase water as well
as in oil–water flows was investigated. Guar gum is one of the hydrocolloids mostly used as …

Effect of oil on the performance of biopolymers as drag reducers in fresh water flow

LC Edomwonyi-Otu, AI Dosumu, N Yusuf - Heliyon, 2021‏ - cell.com
This study looks at the effectiveness of natural polymers (biopolymers) as drag reducers in
flows of oil-water mixtures. The technique of using drag reducers to minimize the frictional …

Experimental Study on the Effect of Skin Friction Drag and Convective Heat Transfer for Viscoelastic and Pseudoplastic Fluid Flow

M Ahammed, MM Alam - Journal of Engineering Advancements, 2024‏ - scienpg.com
Abstract Drag Reducing Agents (DRAs) have a huge impact and major concern in
engineering and industrial applications. It makes the fluid flow turbulent to laminar, dampens …

Generation of empirical correlation for predicting drag reduction of oil-water flows with natural polymers

LC Edomwonyi-Otu, AI Dosumu, N Yusuf… - Journal of Applied …, 2019‏ - ajol.info
There is an increasing need to accurately predict the behaviour of fluid in the different flow
geometry as applicable in the industries. The prediction of drag reduction phenomenon …

[PDF][PDF] Natural Rubber Latex and Gum Arabic: A Comparison of Physico-chemical Properties

L Edomwonyi-Otu - Preprints, 2020‏ - preprints.org
The present investigation deals with the determination of the physio-chemical properties of
two commercial grade samples of local gums (Gum Arabic and Natural Rubber Latex …

[CITATION][C] COMPARING THE EFFECT OF PIPE DIAMETER AND TEMPERATURE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLYETHYLENE OXIDE AS DRAG REDUCING …