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US 5,998,681 AGranted
Process for preventing the formation of a solid phase from hydrocarbons in a fluid
AssigneeInstitut Francais du Petrole
InventorAlexandre Rojey
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Abstract
A process for preventing the formation of a solid phase from hydrocarbons and water in a fluid is disclosed. A physical disturbance is transmitted to the fluid intermittently in time to prevent the formation of crystalline bonds in the fluid.
Claims25
A process for preventing a formation of a solid phase from hydrocarbons present in a fluid flowing in a pipe, which comprises at least a step of:
- subjecting the fluid in the pipe to a physical disturbance which vibrates molecules in the fluid and prevents organization of the molecules in the fluid and the formation of crystalline bonds in the fluid that produce the formation of the solid phase in the pipe;
- and wherein
- the physical disturbance is sent out intermittently in time in the form of pulses and/or wave trains.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.