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Potassium carbonate and glycerol (> 98 %), were supplied 1:3 DES3 colorless liquid with little solid
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B. Viscosity
The literature reports very limited experimental ILs
viscosity data as function of temperature [5]. Studies
conducted on DESs are even very scarce.
It is very important to establish a reliable viscosity
database, due to the extreme importance of this physical
property for equipment design and fluid flow calculations. By
having such data at the design stage, the considered DES
system can be synthesized to achieve the least value for
viscosity. In addition, by knowing the temperature effect on
viscosity, energy requirements for processing these fluids can
be reduced [18] In general, ILs have exponentially decaying
viscosity-temperature profiles [19]. Similar behavior has also
been reported for some DES systems [5].
As expected, viscosity of this DES decreased with
increasing temperature as shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 1. Glass transition temperature observed for the DES ratios studied
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This research was funded by the Department of Petroleum Jamil Naser was born in Jordan in 1965. He obtained
and Chemical Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, his B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Jordan
Sultanate of Oman. University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
in 1989. M.Sc. in chemical engineering from the
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan in 1993. PhD in
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