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Frictional pressure drop, or drag, is a result of the resistance encountered by flowing fluid coming into contact with the pipe wall. There are generally two types of flow – laminar and turbulent. The friction pressures observed in laminar flow cannot be changed unless the physical properties of the fluid are changed. The current class of DRA does not change fluid properties and hence is effective only in turbulent flow. In most petroleum pipelines, the liquid flows through the pipeline in a turbulent regime. Therefore, current DRA can perform very well in most pipelines, allowing treatment of light to…

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Increase pipeline throughput and reduce frictional pressure These DRAs use a fast-dissolving, ultrahigh molecular weight copolymer that delivers a high level of pipeline friction reduction. This active polymer dissolves fully in the hydrocarbon fluid and does not coat the pipeline wall or adversely affect the hydrocarbon fluids being treated. FLO DRA applications are engineered with detailed hydraulic expertise and modeling capability to provide the highest inherent drag reduction available. Our full line of pipeline friction reducers address a wide range of treatment scenarios and goals and maintain the quality of the pipeline products. FLO XL, FLO FUSION, and FLO…

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Abstract: Drag Reducing Agents (DRA) also known as Flow Improvers, reduce frictional and energy loss of pipelines by easing the pipeline turbulence, enabling companies to strategically reduce or avoid capital expenses, improve pipeline operating costs and/or expand their pipeline system capacity. It has helped oil and pipeline industry in maximizing the flow potential of pipelines, increasing operational flexibility, throughput capacity and substantially, hence increasing bottom-line profit potentials. Drag Reducing Agents (DRA) also known as Flow Improvers, reduce frictional and energy loss of pipelines by easing the pipeline turbulence, enabling companies to strategically reduce or avoid capital expenses, improve pipeline…

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Drag Reducing Agent additive functions as a Fluidifier additive to the crude oil mass by positively altering the frictional pressure occurring in a pipeline or other conduit. Drag Reducing Agent additive to the crude oil mass modifies the thixotropic characteristics of the crude oil mass to achieve a more favorable kinematic viscosity without altering the initial composition of the crude oil mass. This is the process of fluidification by molecular dispersion. Drag Reducing Agent additive achieves reduction of turbulence induced drag in the pipeline of the crude oil mass due to a rearrangement of the bonds between atoms in…

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