Hydrocarbon drag reduction with interpolymer complexes containing novel sulfo-octene

Abstract

A method for reducing the frictional drag of an organic liquid in flow through pipes or conduits having a continuous bore therethrough which comprises adding about 0.001 to about 0.5 grams of a polymeric complex to 100 ml of said organic liquid, wherein the polymeric complex is the reaction product of a metal neutralized sulfonated octene-1/ethylene/ethylidene norborene terpolymer and a basic nitrogen-containing copolymer, said basic nitrogen containing copolymer being a copolymer of vinylpyridine with another monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, t-butyl styrene, alkylacrylate, alkylmethacrylate, butadiene, isoprene, vinyl chloride and acrylonitrile.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for reducing the frictional drag of an organic liquid in flow through pipes or conduits having a continuous bore therethrough which comprises adding about 0.001 to about 0.5 grams of a polymeric complex to 100 ml of said organic liquid, wherein the polymeric complex is the reaction product of a metal neutralized sulfonated octene-1/ethylene/ethylidene norborene terpolymer and a basic nitrogencontaining copolymer, said basic nitrogen containing copolymer being a copolymer of vinylpyridine with another monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, t-butyl styrene, alkylacrylate, alkylmethacrylate, butadiene, isoprene, vinyl chloride and acrylonitrile. 
     
     
       2. A method according to claim 1 wherein said styrene/vinylpyridine copolymer contains about 0.5 to about 50 mole percent of vinylpyridine. 
     
     
       3. A method according to claim 1 wherein said sulfonated polymer is in excess of said basic nitrogen containing polymer. 
     
     
       4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said basic nitrogen containing polymer is in excess of said sulfonated terpolymer.