Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
Project Type
group
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Dakotah Stirnweis, Senior Angelos Kaminis, Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
Dakotah Stirnweis
Faculty Mentor Name
Birce Dikici
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Abstract
Surfactants are known to affect evaporation performance of solutions and are studied in relation to water loss prevention and heat dissipation. The purpose of this research is to measure the viscosity of surfactant solutions to investigate the effect of surfactant and hydrotope concentration on evaporation.This research is conducted with a falling ball viscometer, used for measuring viscosity and capable of measuring viscosity in centipoise (cP). The surfactant solution viscosities are obtained (EH-14 and SA-9 with hydrotopes Polyglycol P-1000TB and Triton H-66) at different concentrations. The plastic or stainless-steel ball, which has a known density and mass, is dropped from a ball-release mechanism and then time duration from two sets of marks at the tube is measured. Once timing data is collected, the viscosity of the solution is calculated using the equation. After that, the data is collected weekly for evaporation studies to measure the effect of surfactants and hydrotopes on water evaporation. The lab temperature and humidity were also recorded with humidity/temperature chart recorder.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
Yes, Ignite Grant
Investigation of Renewable Aqueous Surfactant and Hydrotope Solution Viscosities with a Falling-ball Viscometer
Surfactants are known to affect evaporation performance of solutions and are studied in relation to water loss prevention and heat dissipation. The purpose of this research is to measure the viscosity of surfactant solutions to investigate the effect of surfactant and hydrotope concentration on evaporation.This research is conducted with a falling ball viscometer, used for measuring viscosity and capable of measuring viscosity in centipoise (cP). The surfactant solution viscosities are obtained (EH-14 and SA-9 with hydrotopes Polyglycol P-1000TB and Triton H-66) at different concentrations. The plastic or stainless-steel ball, which has a known density and mass, is dropped from a ball-release mechanism and then time duration from two sets of marks at the tube is measured. Once timing data is collected, the viscosity of the solution is calculated using the equation. After that, the data is collected weekly for evaporation studies to measure the effect of surfactants and hydrotopes on water evaporation. The lab temperature and humidity were also recorded with humidity/temperature chart recorder.