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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul Robert Frail, Trevose, PA (US);
Gloria Jean Tafel, Trevose, PA (US);
Robert Semet, Trevose, PA (US);
Dorothy G. Reynolds, Trevose, PA (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
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—CHwherein Ris an aryl or arylalkyl, —COR, —COOR, or —CONRR, —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 —COOH and Rhas eight carbon atoms and the FA has only one double bond, such double bond is not on the number 2 carbon.