Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Alkoxylates Of Fatty Alcohols, Fatty Amines And Fatty Acids
申请人:Clariant International, Ltd.
公开号:US20210179920A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-17
The present disclosure relates to a gas hydrate inhibitor composition comprising an amphiphile having a hydrophobic tail linked to a hydrophilic head group by a linking moiety, the amphiphile having the general formula (1)
[R
5
-L-N(R
1
)(R
2
)(R
3
)]
+
X
−
(1)
wherein
each of R
1
and R
2
is independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; or wherein the nitrogen atom and the R
1
and R
2
groups together form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group;
R
3
is present or not as hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms which optionally bears a hydroxy group or a carboxy group in the 2-position;
L is a linking moiety comprising an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having at least 2 adjacent carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen and oxygen, and optionally one or more further heteroatoms;
R
5
is a hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms; and
X
−
is present as an anion when R
3
is present;
and a nonionic surfactant which is selected from alkoxylated C
8
-C
18
fatty alcohols, alkoxylated C
8
-C
18
fatty amines, alkoxylated C
8
-C
18
fatty acids and alkoxylated C
8
-C
18
fatty acid amides and a method of using the gas hydrate inhibitor composition.