Performance of polyacrylamide as drag reduction polymer of crude petroleum flow

The influence of polyacrylamide (PAM) as drag reducing polymer on flow of Iraqi crude oil in pipe lines was investigated in the present work. The effect additive concentration, pipe diameter, solution flow rate and the presence of radius elbows on the percentage of drag reduction (%Dr) and the amoun...

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Main Authors: Anees A. Khadom, Ali A. Abdul-Hadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Ain Shams Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447914000471