Energy-savings modeling of oil pipelines that use drag-reducing additives

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3293-3298

  Gomez Cuenca F ^a   Gomez Marin M ^a   Folgueras Diaz M B ^b  

^a Central Laboratory Mendez   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; COLLOIDS; DIESEL FUELS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DRAG; DRAG REDUCTION; FLOW RATE; FUEL ADDITIVES; FUELS; GELATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PIPELINES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONSTANT POWER; DRAG-REDUCING ADDITIVES; ENERGY SAVINGS; FUEL FLOW RATES; INNER DIAMETER; OIL FLOW; OIL PIPELINES; POWER REDUCTIONS; REYNOLDS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 53849095705     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800364a     Document Type: Article

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