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US 12,552,980 B2Granted
Oil soluble molybdenum complexes as high temperature fouling inhibitors
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsOmer Gul, Oussama Zenasni, Janelle Pennington
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Abstract
Disclosed are molybdenum-containing complexes used in compositions and methods for inhibiting or reducing the deposition of foulant on equipment.
Claims4
A treated process equipment comprising:
- a process equipment comprising a passivated metal surface, wherein the passivated metal surface is protected by a molybdenum-containing coating formed by contacting a metal surface with a molybdenum dithiophosphate in a manner effective to provide the passivated metal surface;
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- a hydrocarbon fluid source comprising a foulant and a molybdenum-containing additive, wherein at least a portion of the metal surface is contacted by the hydrocarbon fluid source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.