FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS CONTAINING POLYAMINE SUCCINIMIDE FOR ANTIFOULING IN HYDROCARBON REFINING PROCESSES

• Main Authors: YEGANEH MOHSEN SHAHMIRZADI, ULYSSE EMMANUEL, BRONS GLEN BARRY, CHENG HONG, BARCKHOLTZ TIMOTHY ANDREW, CROWTHER DONNA J, FERRUGHELLI DAVID T, LEMON EDWARD ANDREW, NG MAN KIT, CHASE CLARENCE, KEISER GEOFFREY MARSHALL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.03.2016
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; 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; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

A multipurpose chemical additives (MPC) is disclosed to mitigate fouling in hydrocarbon refinery processes, such as in a heat exchanger. A method for reducing fouling of a hydrocarbon is also disclosed that includes (i) providing a crude hydrocarbon for a refining process; and (ii) adding an additive to the crude hydrocarbon.