In the race to curb energy and oil consumption, zeroing of wall frictional forces is highly desirable. The turbulent skin friction drag at the solid/liquid interface is responsible for substantial energy losses when conveying liquids through hydraulic networks, contributing approximately 10% to the global electric energy consumption. Despite extensive research, efficient drag reduction strategies effectively applicable in different flow regimes are still unavailable. Here, we use a wall-attached magnetic fluid film to achieve a wall drag reduction of up to 90% in channel flow. Using optical measurements supported by modelling, we find that the strong damping of wall friction emerges from the co-existence of slip and waviness at the coating interface, and the latter is a key factor to obtain almost complete wall drag reduction across laminar and turbulent flow regimes. Our magnetic fluid film is promising and ready to be applied in energy-saving and antifouling strategies in fluid transport and medical devices.The turbulent skin friction drag at the solid/liquid interface results in high electric energy consumption when conveying liquids through hydraulic networks, and efficient drag reduction strategies are still unavailable. The authors coat a channel with a magnetic fluid film and achieve almost complete wall drag reduction of up to 90% across laminar and turbulent flow regimes.
Magnetic fluid film enables almost complete drag reduction across laminar and turbulent flow regimes
Stancanelli, Laura Maria
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2024
Abstract
In the race to curb energy and oil consumption, zeroing of wall frictional forces is highly desirable. The turbulent skin friction drag at the solid/liquid interface is responsible for substantial energy losses when conveying liquids through hydraulic networks, contributing approximately 10% to the global electric energy consumption. Despite extensive research, efficient drag reduction strategies effectively applicable in different flow regimes are still unavailable. Here, we use a wall-attached magnetic fluid film to achieve a wall drag reduction of up to 90% in channel flow. Using optical measurements supported by modelling, we find that the strong damping of wall friction emerges from the co-existence of slip and waviness at the coating interface, and the latter is a key factor to obtain almost complete wall drag reduction across laminar and turbulent flow regimes. Our magnetic fluid film is promising and ready to be applied in energy-saving and antifouling strategies in fluid transport and medical devices.The turbulent skin friction drag at the solid/liquid interface results in high electric energy consumption when conveying liquids through hydraulic networks, and efficient drag reduction strategies are still unavailable. The authors coat a channel with a magnetic fluid film and achieve almost complete wall drag reduction of up to 90% across laminar and turbulent flow regimes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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