Scale-inhibiting coating
US9534476B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/30
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Disclosed is a coating for inhibiting the formation of scales on one or more surfaces of a component used in the production of subsurface fluids. The coating comprises a diamond-like carbon structure doped with a dopant, such as silicon, titanium, fluorine, oxygen, or chromium. The dopant comprises between about 10% and about 40% of the coating by atom.
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