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US 2008/0289435 A1Published application
Device for evaluating drag reduction
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorsKen Slater, Mario Zamora
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Abstract
A system for screening a drag reduction agent that includes at least one pressure vessel, comprising: at least one container having an outlet; a first tube fluidly connected with the outlet of the at least one container; a second tube fluidly connected with the first tube; a timer; and a collection vessel configured to receive a fluid from the second tube is disclosed.
Claims25
A system for screening a drag reduction agent, comprising:
- at least one pressure vessel, comprising:
- at least one container having an outlet;
- a first tube fluidly connected with the outlet of the at least one container;
- a second tube fluidly connected with the first tube;
- a timer;
- and
- a collection vessel configured to receive a fluid from the second tube.
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A method for measuring a drag reduction agent, comprising:
- pressurizing a pressure vessel comprising at least one container having a fluid therein;
- conveying the fluid through a first tube;
- conveying the fluid though a second tube;
- collecting the fluid exiting the second tube in a collection vessel;
- and
- measuring a flow rate of the fluid through the first and second tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.