Abstract
We studied fully developed pipe flow of fibre-laden aqueous foams and decoupled their bulk rheological properties boundary effects like slippage at the pipe wall. The air volume fraction of the foams varied between 70% and 75%. The addition of hardwood fibres at the consistency 20 g/kg to plain aqueous foam increased viscosity more than 100%, while with microfibrillated cellulose at a consistency of 25 g/kg the increase was about 30%. The effect of synthetic (cellulosic)rayon fibres was negligible at the consistency of 20 g/kg. All the studied foams could be described as shear-thinning power-law fluids with significant slippage at the pipe wall by particles size and interactions between particles and bubbles.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in pulp and paper research |
| Subtitle of host publication | Transactions of the 16th Fundamental Research Symposium held in Oxford |
| Editors | Warren Batchelor, Daniel Söderberg |
| Publisher | Pulp & Paper Fundamental Research Society |
| Pages | 159-174 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9926163-3-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 16th Fundamental Research Symposium, Advances in Pulp and Paper Research - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Sept 2017 → 8 Sept 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | 16th Fundamental Research Symposium, Advances in Pulp and Paper Research |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Oxford |
| Period | 3/09/17 → 8/09/17 |