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Drag reduction agent utilizing water soluble interpolymer complexes
Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co
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Filing: 1983-12-12
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Granted: 1984-12-18
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Expires: 2003-12-12
Abstract
Abstract The present invention discloses a class of water soluble complex polymers of relatively low molecular weight, which have been found to be improved drag reducing agents. These complex polymers are a mixture of a cationic copolymer having a water soluble polymer backbone and an anionic copolymer having a water soluble polymer backbone. The solutions of these complex polymers are improved drag reducing agents for aqueous systems at low concentrations (i.e., 10 to 500 ppm) relative to individual solutions of the copolymers which make upon the polymer complex.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert D. Lundberg
- 👤 Dennis G. Peiffer
- 👤 Ilan Duvdevani
- 👤 Ralph M. Kowalik
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J3/00; C08J3/02; C08J3/03; B; B63; B63B; B63B1/00; B63B1/32; B63B1/34; B63B1/38; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C09K8/00; C09K8/02; C09K8/03; C09K8/035; C09K8/58; C09K8/588; C08J2300/00; C08J2300/10; C10; C10M; C10M2201/00; C10M2201/02; C10M2217/00; C10M2217/02; C10M2217/024; C10M2217/06; C10M2221/00; C10M2221/02; C10N; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/06; C10N2040/08; C10N2050/00; C10N2050/01; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T70/00; Y02T70/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S260/00; Y10S260/31; Y10S525/00; Y10S525/919
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A method for reducing the frictional drag of an aqueous solution in flow through a pipe which method comprises adding a quantity of a water soluble polymer complex to said aqueous solution, said water soluble polymer complex comprising: (a) a copolymer of a first water soluble polymer backbone and an anionic comonomer; and (b) a copolymer of a second water soluble polymer backbone and a cationic comonomer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
67 words
A method for reducing the frictional drag of an aqueous solution in flow through a pipe which method comprises adding a quantity of a water soluble polymer complex to said aqueous solution, said water soluble polymer complex comprising: (a) a copolymer of a first water soluble polymer backbone and an anionic comonomer; and (b) a copolymer of a second water soluble polymer backbone and a cationic comonomer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said first and said second nonionic water soluble polymer backbones are selected form the group consisting of acrylamide, vinyl pyrrolidone, ethylene oxide, vinyl alcohol, methacrylamide, alkyl substituted acrylamides, n-vinylactones, methacrylates, N,N-dimethylacrylamide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said water soluble polymer backbone is polyacrylamide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
A method according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein: (a) said cationic comonomer is selected from the group consisting of N,N,N-trimethylammoniumpropylmethacrylamide, vinyl pyridine methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride, dimethyldiallylammonium chloride, diethyldiallylammonium chloride, 2-methacryloxy-2-ethyltrimethylammonium chloride, trimethylmethacryloxyethylammonium methsulfate, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropytrimethylammonium chloride, vinylbenzyltrimethylammonium chloride, and the like; and (b) said anionic comonomer is selected from the group consisting of styrene sulfonate, vinyl sulfonate, allyl sulfonate, acrylate and acrylamidoporopyl sulfonate, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, sodium styrene sulfonate, (meth) acrylic acid, 2-sulfoethylmethacrylate, and the like.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the molar ratio of the cationic comonomer to the anionic comonomer polymer complex is about 45/1 to 1/45.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the molar ratio of the cationic comonomer in the first polymer to the anionic comonomer in the second polymer is about 30/1 to 1/30.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the concentration of the polymer complex in the aqueous solution is about 0.0004 to about 10 grams per 100 ml of said solution.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said aqueous solution is water.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the anionic copolymer contains about 0.1 to about 50 mole % anionic monomer units.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cationic copolymer contains about 0.1 to about 50 mole % cationic monomer units.
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