Effect of Rigid Xanthan Gums (RXGs) on Flow and Pressure Drops to Improve Drag Reduction Rates in Horizontal Pipe Flow

Drag reduction in turbulent flow may be significantly reduced by adding tiny quantities of fiber, polymer, and surfactant particles to the liquid. Different drag-reduction agents have proven effective enhancing flowability liquid when added. This study investigated potential decreasing drag, flow, pressure drop horizontal pipe using a mixture modified xanthan gums (XGs). Xanthan are an environmentally friendly natural polymer complex. They can extracted from gum plants utilized formulate different concentrations complexes. The was experimentally 1-m-long addition 300 950 ppm, inner diameter 0.254 inches, four rates. results revealed that considerably with increase concentration additives. (xanthan plus water) resulted favorable pressure, which reached 65% at ppm. computational fluid dynamic simulation COMSOL simulator showed change velocity profiles, became more parabolic. occurred because mean due drag-reducing polymers.