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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
T Miles McCullough, Houston, TX (US);
James G Edmondson, Conroe, TX (US);
Joseph J Perugini, Ohain, BE;
Assignee:
Betz Laboratories, Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208282 ; 208177 ; 208 47 ; 208348 ; 208265 ; 208284 ;
Abstract
A method of neutralizing chloride ions present in a hydrocarbon medium during processing in a petroleum refinery. Nitrilotriacetic acid or its salt form is injected into the crude charge upstream of the preheat unit. Chloride levels are reduced in this way without the deleterious effects which result from treatment with the conventionally used NaOH.