Drag reduction method for gas pipelines
CA 2043465 A1 · Owner: Li, Ying-Hsiao · Inventors: Li, Ying-Hsiao
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A method of reducing friction or drag on a gas, e.g. natural gas, flowing in a pipeline wherein a drag reducer is injected into said pipeline to form a thin film on the internal surface or wall of the pipeline. The drag reducer in the present invention is selected from a class of chemical compounds which are comprised of a molecular structure having a polar group at one end thereof which bonds onto said inner wall of the pipeline and a non-polar group at the other which smoothes the gas-solid interface between said wall and said flowing gas thereby reducing gas turbulence at said interface.
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- Filed May 29, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 29, 2011.
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