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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Man Kit NG, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Mohsen S Yeganeh, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Glen Barry Brons, Leland, NC (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 Andrew Lemon, Mickleton, NJ (US);
Man Kit Ng, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Mohsen S Yeganeh, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Glen Barry Brons, Leland, NC (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 Andrew 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.