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ESTIMATING THE VISCOSITY OF MIXTURES
SUMMARY
For some engineering calculations, particularly in hydrocarbon
processing, it is necessary to estimate the viscosity of a mixture
1. DEFINITIONS
: Kinematic viscosity
: Mass fraction
: Volume fraction
2. GAMBILL METHOD
Gambill (1959) proposed the following equation for estimating the
kinematic viscosity of a two liquid mixture.
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= xa a
+ xb
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b
3. REFUTAS EQUATION
3.1 Mass Basis
Refutas (2000) proposed a method by which the kinematic viscosity
()
V BN mixture = xi V BN i
i=0
The kinematic viscosity of the mixture can then be estimated using the
viscosity blending number of the mixture using the equation below.
V BN mixture 10.975
)) 0.8
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V BI i = ln( i )/ ln(1000 i )
V BN mixture = vi V BN i
i=0
Using
V BI mixture
as shown previously.
4. REFERENCES
1. Gambill, W.R., 1959, "How to estimate mixtures viscosities",
Chemical Engineering, 66, pg 151-152.
ARTICLE TAGS
Blending Kinematic Viscosity
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Mixture
Viscosity
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