Method of dispersing hydrocarbon foulants in hydrocarbon processing fluids
US7282136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/95
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of dispersing, dissolving, or reducing the viscosity of hydrocarbon foulants including heavy oil, tars, asphaltenes, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, coke, polymers, light oil, oxidized hydrocarbon and thermal decomposition products, and the like in fluids in contact with hydrocarbon processing equipment comprising contacting the foulant with an effective amount of a halogen-free organic solvent having a density greater than water at the processing temperature.
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