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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Brandon Vittur, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Anthony D. Bravo, Bixby, OK (US);
Ross Poland, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Brandon Vittur, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Anthony D. Bravo, Bixby, OK (US);
Ross Poland, Terre Haute, IN (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process of manufacturing a free-flowing solid encapsulated drag reducing additive comprises: forming a solid drag reducing additive from one or more Colefin monomers; dispersing the solid drag reducing additive in a liquid medium to form a dispersion, the liquid medium comprising an encapsulant and a non-solvent; grinding the solid drag reducing additive in the liquid medium under non-cryogenic grinding conditions to form an encapsulated drag reducing additive in a particulate form; and removing the non-solvent by a drying technique including spray drying, flash drying, or rotating disc drying to form the free-flowing solid encapsulated drag reducing additive.