General Electric Company

Robert Semet

Paul Robert Frail

Gloria Jean Tafel

Dorothy G Reynolds

Methods and compositions for dispersing a biofilm in an aqueous stream using fatty acids are disclosed. The fatty acids may have the formula: R-R&#x2014;CHwherein Ris an aryl or arylalkyl, &#x2014;COR, &#x2014;COOR, or &#x2014;CONRR, &#x2014;PO(R); Ris H, an alkyl, an aryl or arylalkyl, or a halide; Rand Rmay be the same or different and are H, a hydroxyl, an alkyl, an aryl or arylalkyl, a halide, or a sulfo (sulfonic acid group); Ris an aliphatic chain having 2-30 carbon atoms and at least one double bond; and wherein when Ris &#x2014;COOH and Rhas eight carbon atoms and the FA has only one double bond, such double bond is not on the number 2 carbon.

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Robert Semet