The Effects of Polymer Degradation on the Drag Reduction in CWM Transport

CWM 관수송의 저항 감소현상에 있어서 고분자첨가제의 퇴화 영향에 관한 연구

A significant drag reduction in the turbulent flow of CWM(coal Water Mixture) adding minute amounts of high molecular weight polymer additives has been obtained and it was compared with pure CWM.However, the rate of drag reduction could come down with flow time, which is caused by polymer degradation, The rate of drag reduction and polymer degradation is affected by polymer type, concentration, molecular weight, and flow velocity. In the present investigation, these important parameters were evaluated for their influences on polymer degradation in order to find out stable conditions for CWM transportation with time. It was necessary to determine the more effective type of polymer additives to guarantee the optimum conditions for CWM transport. Experiments were undertaken with a test section of pipe diameter 9.8mm and pipe length 3500mm(L/D=357) in a closed loop, and polyacrylamide and polyetylene oxide were utilized as polymer additives. The tests were carried out under the conditions of 200, 400, 700ppm of polymer concentrations. CWM concentrations utilized were 5% and 10% with flow velocities of 4.9m/s and 6.1m/s. Experimental data show that polyehylene oxide degraded faster than polyacrylamide in CWM transport, and polyacryamide is considered to be a more effective candidate as additive for long time-CWM transport. Polymer degradation is also found to be more likely at lower polymer concentrations, at higher flow velocities, and higher CWM concentrations.

본 연구에서는 수용액의 경우에서 마찰저항 감소용 고분자로 큰 효과가 있는 것으로 알려진 Polyacrylamid와 Polyethylene oxide 두 종류의 고분자를 CWM에 첨가하 여 수송할때 이들 고분자의 기계적 퇴화가 마찰저항 감소현상을 나타내는 CWM의 유동 에 미치는 영향과 그 퇴화 경향을 비교하고 CWM의 수송에 적합한 마찰저항 감소용 고 분자를 선정하여 고분자의 퇴화에 따른 유동의 영향을 고찰하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다.