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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert F Supcoe, Annapolis, MD (US);
Ira M Felsen, Greenbelt, MD (US);
William T Donahue, Brookline Center, MN (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523175 ; 524236 ; 524238 ; 524239 ; 524376 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a gel used as a drag reducing slurry. The slurry stored aboard a vessel and is pumped into the region of laminar flow adjacent the vessel to reduce drag. The slurry is a thixotropic media composed of a surfactant coating the individual particles of drag reducing polymer resin as well as an anionic surfactant and a carrier liquid. The slurry forms a micelle structure and thus has an extremely long shelf life.