Patent ID: 9617482
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: C08F,C10G,C10L

Claim:
1. A method for treating an emulsion of a hydrocarbon, comprising (i) providing an emulsion of a crude hydrocarbon, wherein said emulsion contains water; (ii) adding an additive to the emulsion to obtain a treated hydrocarbon, the additive being represented by the following formula: wherein m is an integer between 0 and 10 inclusive; R R R R wherein R 91 is a branched or straight-chained C 10 -C 800 alkyl or alkenyl group; or R 8 and R 9 together are a C 1 -C 4 branched or straight chained alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more amine groups; and further wherein the —N(R 31 )—R 3 — repeat unit is optionally interrupted in one or more places by a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic cycloalkyl group; and R wherein R wherein z is 1 or 2, and y is an integer between 1 and 5 inclusive; and (iii) separating the water from the treated hydrocarbon.