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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Pramod Vachhani, Bangalore, IN;
Sunil Shirish Shah, Bangalore, IN;
Collin Wade Cross, Houston, TX (US);
Yatin Tayalia, Bangalore, IN;
Nishith Pramod Vora, Bensalem, PA (US);
Raghunandan Murthy, Bangalore, IN;
Pramod Vachhani, Bangalore, IN;
Sunil Shirish Shah, Bangalore, IN;
Collin Wade Cross, Houston, TX (US);
Yatin Tayalia, Bangalore, IN;
Nishith Pramod Vora, Bensalem, PA (US);
Raghunandan Murthy, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes assessing corrosion in a refinery operation having a piping network. Assessing can include identifying in a petroleum sample a presence and an amount of a species determined to be potentially corrosive to corrodible equipment in a refinery. A corrosion risk presented by the presence, the amount, and the boiling point of the species is determined. And, the corrosion risk is evaluated in view of piping network information. A system for implementing the method is provided, also.