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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Christophe R. Laroche, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Eric J. Klinker, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Sara B. Klamo, Houston, TX (US);
Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Ashwin R. Bharadwaj, Pearland, TX (US);
Stephen W. King, League City, TX (US);
Edward D. Daugs, Midland, MI (US);
Brian A. Jazdzewski, Houston, TX (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dehydration composition and method of use thereof for drying gas streams, in particular natural gas streams, wherein the dehydration composition comprises (i) a glycol, (ii) an imidazole compound, and optionally (iii) one or more of an alkali metal carboxylate, an additional glycol different than (i), an alkanolamine, a phosphate acid, a salt of a phosphate acid, a borate acid, a salt of a borate acid, a sweetening agent, a low temperature viscosity improver, a corrosion inhibitor, an antifoaming agent, or mixtures thereof.