Drag reduction behavior of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide/xanthan gum mixed polymer solutions

Abstract Partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) as the main component of slickwater fracturing fluid is a shear-sensitive polymer, which suffers from mechanical degradation at turbulent flow rates. Five different concentrations of HPAM as well as mixtures of polyacrylamide/xanthan gum were prepa...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Habibpour, Peter E. Clark
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/88ff07c9bca2463a8a43b46a49f03640
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