Patent ID: 11898094
Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  E  G | IPC C  E  G

Claim 10:
11. The process of claim 10, wherein an analytical model determines the drag reduction parameter ΔB for the fluid mixture based on one or more parameters selected from the small-scale drag reduction parameter ΔB for the fluid mixture, a relaxation time of the drag reducing agent, a Weissenberg number for the fluid mixture, a shear rate of the fluid mixture, a diameter of a conduit in the oil field operation or the pipeline operation, a wall roughness of the conduit, a wall shear stress in the conduit, a flow rate of the fluid mixture through the conduit, a viscosity of the fluid mixture, a density of the fluid mixture, a temperature of the fluid mixture, a molecular weight of the drag reducing agent, or any combination thereof.