A Study on the Flow Behavior of Microbubbles in Capillary Tubes

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dc.contributor.advisorDong, Mingzhe
dc.contributor.advisorMahinpey, Nader
dc.contributor.authorShams, Mohammad Mehdi
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-14T21:41:29Z
dc.date.available2014-03-15T07:00:18Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-14
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractRecently microbubbles have gained an enormous attention in many fields such as drug delivery and ultrasound imaging, oil reservoirs either as sealing agents or means of mobility reduction and CO2 sequestration. All of these applications involve microbubble flow thorough capillary environments. This study offers a better understanding of microbubbles’ flow behavior in capillary tubes to provide a fundamental understanding of their flow in capillary environments. Stabilized microbubbles have been injected to a capillary tube in which the pressure drop of the flow has been monitored by a differential pressure transducer. To calculate viscosity, theoretical viscosity equations have then been applied to the pressure drop. Besides, the pressure drop was also used to determine wall friction factor. The effect of capillary tube diameter, capillary tube length, quality of microbubbles and flow rate on the viscosity and wall friction factor of the mixture has been assessed. The data was then used to develop a correlation to regenerate experimental viscosity data of microbubbles, which represents the experimental viscosity data with an absolute average relative deviation (AARD) less than 1.3 %. It was also found that friction factor of microbubble have a linear relationship with non-Newtonian Reynolds number.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShams, M. M. (2014). A Study on the Flow Behavior of Microbubbles in Capillary Tubes (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25048en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25048
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1254
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Chemical
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.classificationMicrobubbleen_US
dc.subject.classificationCapillary Tubeen_US
dc.subject.classificationViscosityen_US
dc.subject.classificationFriction Factoren_US
dc.titleA Study on the Flow Behavior of Microbubbles in Capillary Tubes
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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