Industrial Chemistry
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Research Article

Rheological Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Solutions and Gels

AV Brikov^1*, AN Markin² and SV Sukhoverkhov²

¹Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Ltd., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Branch 35, Dzerzhinskogo, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation

²Institute of Chemistry, FEB of Russian Academy of Science 159, 100-letiya Vladivostok, Vladivostok, Russian Federation

*Corresponding Author:

A. V. Brikov
Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
Ltd., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Branch 35
Dzerzhinskogo, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Russian Federation
Tel: +7 4242 66 2000
E-mail: Alexander.Brikov@sakhalinenergy.ru

Received date: September 11, 2015; Accepted date: September 19, 2015; Published date: September 26, 2015

Citation: Brikov AV, Markin AN, Sukhoverkhov SV (2015) Rheological Properties of Polyethylene Glycol Solutions and Gels. Ind Chem Open Access 1:102. doi: 10.4172/2469-9764.1000102

Copyright: © 2015 Brikov AV, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

It is shown that under defined conditions gel is formed in the glycol from the glycol regeneration plants, which created significant operational problems. The results of laboratory research on the production of gels from polyethylene glycol water and water-glycol solutions as well as study of rheological properties of these gels and polyethylene glycol solutions are provided. It is shown that upon exceeding the certain shear rate value gels demonstrate abnormal rheological property (instant flow cessation).

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