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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2011
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Omprakash Samudrala, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Glenville, NY (US);
David Bruce Hall, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Roderick Mark Lusted, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Matthew David Butts, Rexford, NY (US);
Shyam Sivaramakrishnan, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul Russell Wilson, Latham, NY (US);
Mark Howard Giammattei, Selkirk, NY (US);
Christopher Edward Wolfe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Omprakash Samudrala, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Glenville, NY (US);
David Bruce Hall, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Roderick Mark Lusted, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Matthew David Butts, Rexford, NY (US);
Shyam Sivaramakrishnan, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul Russell Wilson, Latham, NY (US);
Mark Howard Giammattei, Selkirk, NY (US);
Christopher Edward Wolfe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure details methods and techniques for inhibiting natural gas hydrate formation in gas conduits. In one embodiment, an article is provided which comprises (a) a gas conduit defining a gas flow channel; (b) an interior surface of the gas conduit; (c) a hydrate inhibiting coating on the interior surface, wherein the coating comprises: (i) component A, a one- or two-part room temperature vulcanizable polyorganosiloxane composition comprising a surface-treated filler, a condensation catalyst, and a crosslinking agent; and any reaction products thereof; and optionally (ii) component B, a hydrate release-enhancing proportion of at least one polyorganosiloxane comprising one or more silanol or alkoxy-silyl groups and comprising from about 10 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of at least one hydroxy-terminated or alkoxy-terminated polyoxyalkylenealkyl radical; and optionally (iii) any reaction products thereof.