METHOD OF DISPERSING HYDROCARBON FOULANTS IN HYDROCARBON PROCESSING FLUIDS

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 proc...

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Main Author HOWDESHELL, MICHAEL, JAMES
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.03.2012
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
FUELS
LUBRICANTS
METALLURGY
MINERAL WAXES
PEAT
PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES
PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION
RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES
REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS
REFORMING OF NAPHTHA
TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050744173