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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Fccl Partnership, Calgary, CA;
Subodh Gupta, Calgary, CA;
Michael N. Holmes, Calgary, CA;
Jennifer D. Wood, Calgary, CA;
Sarbajit Banerjee, College Station, TX (US);
Robert V. Dennis-Pelcher, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Lacey Douglas, Bryan, TX (US);
Thomas E. O'Loughlin, College Station, TX (US);
FCCL Partnership, Calgary, CA;
Abstract
A vessel for transporting a material that is solid or semi-solid at ambient temperature, includes a body having an interior surface comprising textured metal, and a superoleophobic coating on the interior surface for inhibiting the material from adhering to the interior surface, the superoleophobic coating including a nanotextured coating disposed on the textured metal and functionalized with a fluorinated compound. The superoleophobic coating facilitates flow of the material along the interior surface.