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US 2025/0164080 A1Published application
Polymeric materials
AssigneeInnospec Limited
InventorsCarl WATERSON, Richard David Hayton, Ian Malcolm McRobbie
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Abstract
A combination including a receptacle of defined internal volume, which contains a chemical reaction product. The product may be made in apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction which comprises an elongate housing and a receptacle. The elongate housing may include a cooling means and end fittings which may include ports where fluids may be introduced and/or removed.
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A solid mass of drag reducing polymer, wherein:
- the solid mass is elongate and has a diameter of at least 5 cm;
- an aspect ratio of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer is defined as the maximum length of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer divided by the maximum diameter of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer and said aspect ratio is at least 20;
- the solid mass has a weight of at least 15 kg;
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- said drag reducing polymer is formed from at least one monomer selected from the group comprising:
- 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-nonene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, isobutylene;
- alkyl acrylates;
- alkylmethacrylates;
- styrene and alkyl styrene.
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A solid mass of drag reducing polymer, wherein:
- the solid mass is substantially elongate and has a diameter of at least 5 cm and of less than 11 cm;
- the solid mass has a volume in the range 20000 cm3 to 60000 cm3;
- the solid mass has weight in the range 8 kg to 125 kg;
- said drag reducing polymer is a poly(alpha-olefin);
- a length of said solid mass of drag reducing polymer is in the range 4 m to 11 m;
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- an aspect ratio of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer is defined as the maximum length of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer divided by the maximum diameter of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer, wherein said aspect ratio of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer is between 30 and 150.
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A solid mass of drag reducing polymer, wherein:
- the solid mass is substantially elongate and has a diameter of at least 5 cm;
- an aspect ratio of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer is defined as the maximum length of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer divided by the maximum diameter of the solid mass of drag reducing polymer, wherein said aspect ratio is at least 20;
- the solid mass has a volume in the range 10000 cm3 to 150000 cm3 and/or a weight in the range 8 kg to 125 kg;
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- said drag reducing polymer is selected form the group comprising poly(alpha-olefin), polychloroprene, vinyl acetate polymers and copolymers, poly(alkylene oxide) (PAO), and mixtures thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.