TY - JOUR T1 - Reduction of Drag in Non-Newtonian Flow Through Packed Bed AU - Patel, Suresh Kumar AU - Majumder, Subrata Kumar JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 147 EP - 151 PY - 2011 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2011.147.151 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2011.147.151 KW - non-Newtonian liquid KW -drag reduction KW -pressure drop KW -Packed bed KW -DRA KW -Reynolds numbers AB - An experimental investigation of strength of drag reduction in a bed packed was carried out in this study. The study of drag reduction performed at particle Reynolds numbers in the range 10-250 and was found to depend on the concentration of drag reducing agent and the fluid velocity. The drag reduction effectiveness increased with fluid velocity. For the systems investigated, there exists an optimum concentration of drag reducing agent that produces a maximum drag reduction. The present study may be useful for further understanding and modeling of porous multiphase reactor with non-Newtonian system in industrial applications. ER -