Drag Reducing Agent
DESCRIPTION
It is white slurry with hydrocarbon odor, immiscible in water and miscible with most organic solvent. It is designed to increase flow rate or to reduce energy consumption (pressure drop) in crude oil pipelines by dampening the turbulent bursts.
It can be described as an ultra-high molecular weight polyalphaolefin suspended in a non-aqueous base. Pipeline throughput can instantly be increased, or pumping energy consumption (pressure drop) can instantly be reduced by as much as 40% / 50% depending on pipeline and crude conditions by adding a ppm (parts per million) level of SMLZ-DRG-2A into crude.
APPLICATION AND ADVANTAGE
SMLZ-DRG-2A is a non-aqueous based suspension product and thermally universal, allowing for use in almost all areas with a wide ambient temperature ranging from -30 to +55℃(-22F to 131F).
SMLZ-DRG-2A eliminates the concerns about the ambient temperature, and allows customers to concentrate on pipeline operation and the performance of DRA.
SMLZ-DRG-2A is usually injected into a pipeline just at the discharge side of the boosting pump. Drag reduction begins as soon as DRA starts to dissolve in the oil. When dissolved DRA product passes through a boosting pump the polymer is broken down or worn out by pump shearing. Consequently, a multi-station pipeline may need DRA injection points after each boosting pump station in order to achieve overall throughput increase.
PROPERTIES
Appearance……………………………………...White or slight grey suspended liquid
Flash point……………….……………………………………≥50℃(122F)
Viscosity @20℃……………………………………………≤500mpa.s at 25℃50s-1
Drag reduction rate……………………………………………≥55%
PACKAGE, STORAGE
In 865Kg (265gallon) IBC totes.
DOSAGE
Typical dosage: 15-30ppm for crude oil; 6-10ppm for product oil.
