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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Graham Butler, Surrey, GB;
John William Couves, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Paul Greenough, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Nicholas John Gudde, Surrey, GB;
Michael Graham Hodges, Surrey, GB;
Graham Butler, Surrey, GB;
John William Couves, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Paul Greenough, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Nicholas John Gudde, Surrey, GB;
Michael Graham Hodges, Surrey, GB;
BP Oil International Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
The fouling caused by a refinery feedstock on one or more refinery processes, said process comprising: (i) providing a plurality of refinery feedstocks and/or a plurality of fractions of one or more refinery feedstocks, (ii) providing an array comprising a plurality of metal samples representative of metallurgy present in a refinery, (iii) contacting each of the plurality of metal samples with one or more of said (iv) refinery feedstocks or fractions under non-static conditions, and determining the fouling of said refinery feedstock or fraction thereof. Preferably, the metal samples are in the form of a microfabricated array and the testing is carried out in parallel using high throughput experimentation.