Method and composition for inhibiting foam in a hydrocarbon mixture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9453173
APP PUB NO 20140345190A1
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14366782

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A method of inhibiting the formation of foam in a mixture comprising water and hydrocarbons, the method comprising contacting the mixture with a composition which comprises at least one ionic liquid. The ionic liquid is preferably a poly(hydroxycarboxylic acid) amide salt derivative or an alkyl ethoxylate phosphate salt.

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SHELL OIL COMPANYP O BOX 2463 910 LOUISIANA HOUSTON TX 77252-2463

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Huo, Zhongxin Katy, US 7 18
Kuijvenhoven, Cornelis Antonius Theodorus Rijwsijk, NL 3 7
Shea, Timothy Michael The Woodlands, US 28 258
Zhang, Ying Sugar Land, US 923 12176

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