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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark Daniel Doherty, Watervliet, NY (US);
Michael Joseph O'Brien, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Jason Lee, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert James Perry, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Enick, Bethel Park, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A compound represented by the following formula is provided: Also provided is a solution including a compound disclosed herein, a volume of dense carbon dioxide (CO), and a co-solvent, where the solution has an increased viscosity greater than the viscosity of dense CO. Methods of increasing the viscosity of dense COand natural gas liquids (NGLs) by, for example, dissolving a compound disclosed herein to form a solution, are also provided.