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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2020
Clariant International, Ltd., Muttenz, CH;
Dirk Leinweber, Kelkheim, DE;
Zachary Thomas Ward, Spring, TX (US);
Felix Hoevelmann, Mühldorf, DE;
Jonathan James Wylde, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Matthias Krull, Harxheim, DE;
CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD, Muttenz, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is a gas hydrate inhibitor composition comprising an amphiphile by a linking moiety, the amphiphile having of the general formula (1)[R-L-N(R)(R)(R)]X (1) wherein each of Rand Ris an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; or wherein the nitrogen atom and the Rand Rgroups together form a heterocyclic group; Ris present or not as hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms L is a linking moiety comprising a hydrocarbyl group having at least 2 adjacent carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen and oxygen, Ris a hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms; and X− is present as an anion when Ris present; and a cationic surfactant which is selected from quaternary benzyl ammonium salts and a method of using the gas hydrate inhibitor composition.