Patent ID: 8636897
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for collecting foulant in a vessel or conduit used in a paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) process to reduce build-up or downstream foulant carry-over, the foulant comprising asphaltenes, the process comprising: disposing a foulant collector comprising a foulant collecting surface in the vessel or conduit to collect foulant as a collected foulant; and removing at least a portion of the collected foulant from the vessel or conduit; wherein the foulant collecting surface has an average water contact angle of less than 90 degrees, wherein the foulant collecting surface collects the collected foulant preferentially over the vessel or conduit, and wherein the foulant collecting surface comprises a continuous surface having an area equal to or greater than an area of the vessel or conduit which collects the collected foulant in an absence of the foulant collector.