Atlantic Richfield Company

Ying-Hsiao Li

James L Skinner

Donald K Wunderlich

Bernard F Bonnecaze

J David Matthews

A method of reducing friction or drag on a gas, e.g. natural gas, flowing in a pipeline wherein a drag reducer is injected into said pipeline to form a thin film on the internal surface or wall of the pipeline. The drag reducer in the present invention is selected from a class of chemical compounds which are comprised of a molecular structure having a polar group at one end thereof which bonds onto said inner wall of the pipeline and a non-polar group at the other which smoothes the gas-solid interface between said wall and said flowing gas thereby reducing gas turbulence at said interface.

Drag reduction method for gas pipelines

A method for producing a dried coal fuel having a reduced tendency to spontaneously ignite from a low rank coal by drying the low rank coal and thereafter cooling the dried coal to a temperature below about 100.degree. F. Optionally the dried coal is partially oxidized prior to cooling, and optionally the dried coal is mixed with a deactivating fluid.

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Plano, TX, United States of America

Ying-Hsiao Li