A review of drag reduction by additives in curved pipes for single‐phase liquid and two‐phase flows

PO Ayegba, LC Edomwonyi‐Otu, N Yusuf… - Engineering …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of drag‐reducing agents (DRAs) on fluid flows in straight pipes has been well
documented. Key among these is the effect of DRAs on turbulence statistics (Reynolds …

Experimental insights into energy savings and future directions of drag reducing polymers in multiphase flow pipelines

IH Alsurakji, A Al-Sarkhi, A El-Qanni, A Mukhaimar - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Frictional pressure drop has been grasping the attention of many industrial applications
associated with multi-phase and academia. Alongside the United Nations, the 2030 Agenda …

A Review of Drag-Reducing Agents (DRAs) in Petroleum Industry

A AL-Dogail, R Gajbhiye, S Patil - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Increasing the flow capacity and pumping rates is challenging in petroleum production
systems due to drag or frictional losses. Drag-reducing agents (DRAs) are usually added to …

Application of a hydrophobic coating to a pressurized pipe and its effect on energy losses and fluid flow profile

AJ Muñóz, J Reca, J Martínez - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The use of additives, generally called DRAs (Drag Reducing Additives), has been proposed
to re-duce the energy consumption in pressurized pipes. Although many research works …

Experimental and numerical study of drag reduction and heat transfer enhancement in a vertical pipe using water/polyisobutylene/nano-SiO2 polynanofluids

S Ghavamifar, A Pouranfard… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Poly-nanofluids (PNFs) are a new type of material that is manufactured by dispersing
nanoparticles in dilute polymer solutions. This study looked at heat transfer and drag …

Dynamic Characteristics of a Single-and a Two-Phase Flow Through Multistage Orifices

B Muhammad, A Al-Sarkhi, A Shams, W Ahmed… - Arabian Journal for …, 2023 - Springer
Drag reduction plays an essential role in the nuclear industry and has been an area of
interest for many researchers. Accordingly, in the present study, an experimental …

Study on the Shear Degradation Law of Polymer Drag Reducing Agents

S Lv, C Li, X Li, W Lu, W Zhang, B Yao… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of drag reducing agents in oil pipeline transportation can reduce driving energy
consumption and has certain energy-saving benefits. However, irreversible degradation …

Energy-saving UHMW polymeric flow aids: Catalyst and polymerization process development

M Atiqullah, AH Al-Sarkhi, FM Al-Thenayan… - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Crude oil and refinery products are transported worldwide to meet human energy needs.
During transportation via pipeline, huge pumping power is required to overcome the …

[PDF][PDF] Drag Reducing Polymers in Multi-phase Flow Pipelines: Energy-Saving and Future Directives

IH Alsurakji, A Al-Sarkhi, A El-Qanni, A Mukhaimar - 2023 - scholar.archive.org
Frictional pressure drop has been grasping the attention of many industrial applications
associated with multi-phase and academia. Alongside the United Nations, the 2030 Agenda …

Experimental Study of Heat Transfer and Drag Reduction in Horizontal Pipe Using Water/Polyacrylamide/Copper Polynanofluid

M Posand, SAT Mousavi Parsa, S Johari… - Nashrieh Shimi va …, 2024 - nsmsi.ir
Adding nanoparticles to the base fluid will improve the thermal performance of the base
fluid. On the other hand, adding small amounts of high molecular weight polymer to the …