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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Arundhati Sengupta, Bengaluru, IN;
Karthick Gourishankar, Bengaluru, IN;
Narayanan Janakiraman, Bengaluru, IN;
Lawrence B. Kool, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Sanjay Kumar Sondhi, Bengaluru, IN;
Michael A Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Hejie Li, Mason, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A component and a system for mitigating coke formation during delivery of a hydrocarbon fluid. The component includes a contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. Tuning the zeta potential of the contact surface allows selective attraction and/or repulsion of coke-catalyzing materials, metal ions, heteroatomic hydrocarbons, and/or coke precursors present in the hydrocarbon fluid. A method of mitigating coke formation during delivery of a hydrocarbon fluid includes tuning a zeta potential of the contact surface of the component and injecting or circulating the hydrocarbon fluid through the system such that the contact surface selectively attracts and/or repels coke-catalyzing materials, metal ions, heteroatomic hydrocarbons, and/or coke precursors present in the hydrocarbon fluid.