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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
ManKit Ng, Annandale, NJ (US);
Mohsen Shahmirzadi Yeganeh, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Glen Barry Brons, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Hong Cheng, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Geoffrey Marshall Keiser, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Donna J. Crowther, Seabrook, TX (US);
Patrick Brant, Seabrook, TX (US);
David T. Ferrughelli, Flemington, NJ (US);
Clarence Chase, Bensalem, PA (US);
Emmanuel Ulysse, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Edward A. Lemon, Mickleton, NJ (US);
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A multipurpose chemical additives (MPC) is disclosed to mitigate fouling in hydrocarbon refinery processes, such as in a heat exchanger. A method for reducing fouling of a hydrocarbon is also disclosed that includes (i) providing a crude hydrocarbon for a refining process; and (ii) adding an additive to the crude hydrocarbon.