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AssigneeElectrolab, Inc.
InventorsSEAN ERIC DREES, ANDREW TIMOTHY MARZEC, BRIAN KEITH BRASHEAR
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A method for installing a device into a crude oil service operation, the method may include installing the device into a section of the crude oil service operation, wherein the device comprises a surface comprising a bonded layer coating, and may also include contacting the surface with the contaminant, wherein the contaminant is selected from the group consisting of paraffins and asphaltenes, and wherein the bonded layer is a molecularly bonded layer or a covalently bonded layer. Various systems include one having a liquid environment of paraffins and asphaltene, and a surface residing within the environment comprising a bonded layer composition. Systems also include pipelines and vessels having an internal surface therein comprising a bonded layer composition, and with hydrocarbon liquids present in the pipeline or vessel.
A system comprising a device having a surface comprising a protective layer;
A system comprising a liquid environment and a protective layer comprising a surface, said surface residing within and in contact with the liquid environment, wherein the protective layer comprises a self-assembled monolayer of phosphonate, with a metal-phosphorous covalent bond formed between an underlying metal substrate and the protective layer, and said protective layer at least reducing contaminant deposition or build up from additives or the like on the underlying metal substrate.
A system comprising a conduit having a surface comprising a protective layer;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.