Viscosity and Pump/System Characteristics - Non-Newtonian Fluids: Pump Characterstice, ity of the viscous liquid v, for H the water viscosity ry when cal- 7 culating the Reynolds number ™60. noo 2 Re=v- dv. This yields a lower 50 Heopt <= Reynolds number, and a larger 40 lj Hy friction factor i, results from 30 be He Fig. 10, (Note: the influence 20 i ofthe wall roughness can now 10 fF often be ignored because of the $ os 1.0 _}12@/Q.¢ | larger boundary layer thickness ogo ako ado abommq | inthe flow.) All of the pressure losses in the pipes, valves and ficcings calculated for water in accordance with section 3.2.1.2 are to be increased by the ratio date Fig. 53 is also suitable for general practical use: the dia. gram provides a fast way of de- termining the pipe friction fac tor hy as a function of the flow rate Q, pipe inside diameter d 380 100”~«180+~*~«OD”~«DOMPMMG | andkinematic viscosity vs. It ‘must be kept in mind, however, that the coefficient Aye for water in this diagram is only valid for hydraulically smooth pipes (i.e not for rough-surfaced pipes)! ‘The corresponding Ay can be used to caleulate the ratio halo 3 go td0 180.200 28am a | Since the static component of the system characteristic curve Fig. 52: Conversion of the pump characteristics for water to that for "loys (Fig. 16) i not affected by a viscous fluid viscosity, ehe “éynamic” com ponent of the system character istic for water can be redrawn tion is approached iteratively 4.2.2 er using fa, fir and fy in two (or _Influence on the System asa steeper parabola for a vis: vin Characteristics cous fluid sometimes thee) steps Since the laws of fluid dynam- ies retain their validity for all 4.3, Newtonian fluids, the equations. Non-Newtonian Fluids and diagrams for calewlating = 4.3.1 the pipe fiction factor and the Influence on the Pump Characteristics For specific speeds above ng = 20 the more realistic KSB method results in smaller power require- ‘ments; below this limit the cal- culated required driving power according to HI is too small {9}! !9ss coefficients for valves and fittings are also applicable to Since the local velocity gradients viscous media. One must simply in all the hydraulic components substitute the kinematic viscos- of a pump are not known, a cal- s4