STUDY OF THE FLOW FIELD IN PISTON-CYLINDER ARRANGEMENTS.

Chia Y. Cheng, Costas G. Gogos

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Abstract

The authors show that the flow in front of advancing cylinders in piston-cylinder pumps is complex, giving rise to circulatory flows, which, in the case of repeated partial emptying of the cylinder, may result in very long residence times in it. They also demonstrate that it is experimentally not difficult to investigate this complex flow field in both the ″fountain″ and ″reverse fountain″ regions, utilizing tracer filaments of the same polymer containing a small amount of pigment. The total absence of molecular diffusion in polymer melts makes this tracer work possible. The final conclusion of this work is that both the ″fountain″ and the ″reverse fountain″ effects are verified and the existing theories are in semiquantitative agreement with the experimental observations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages110-112
Number of pages3
StatePublished - 1978
Externally publishedYes
EventSPE Annu Tech Conf, 36th, Pap - Washington, DC, USA
Duration: Apr 24 1978Apr 27 1978

Other

OtherSPE Annu Tech Conf, 36th, Pap
CityWashington, DC, USA
Period4/24/784/27/78

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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