Abstract: A method of stabilizing an aqueous solution of polyaminoamide-epichlorohydrin resin comprising adjusting the pH of the solution to less than about 3 with strong acid and then adding to the solution a weak acid in a mole ratio of total protons available from the weak acid to total protons available from the strong acid of about 0.05 to about 2.

Abstract: A method of dispersing, dissolving, or reducing the viscosity of hydrocarbon foulants including heavy oil, tars, asphaltenes, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, coke, polymers, light oil, oxidized hydrocarbon and thermal decomposition products, and the like in fluids in contact with hydrocarbon processing equipment comprising contacting the foulant with an effective amount of a halogen-free organic solvent having a density greater than water at the processing temperature.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions comprising one or more ethylene-acrylic acid polymers and an effective dispersing amount of one or more N,N-dialkylalkanolamines are useful for preparing substrates for use in electrophotographic or digital offset printing processes.

Abstract: A viscoelastic surfactant composition having improved rheological performance comprising one or more quaternized amidoamine surfactants, one or more tertiary amine amides, one or more polymeric acids and one or more electrolytes, viscosified aqueous fluids comprising the surfactant composition and methods of making and using the viscosified aqueous fluid for treating subterranean formations.

Abstract: A phosphoric ester demulsifier composition prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates or one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with about 0.001 to about 1.0 molar equivalents of one or more phosphorous compounds selected from phosphorous oxychloride, phosphorous pentoxide and phosphoric acid and a method of using the demulsifier composition to resolve water-in-oil emulsions.

Abstract: A high molecular weight, water-soluble polymer comprising pendant salicylic acid groups and having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2,000,000 daltons and use of the polymer for clarifying red mud-containing liquors generated in the Bayer process for the recovery of alumina from bauxite.

Abstract: A method of preventing the generation of dust or agglomeration of particulate material comprising coal by applying to the particulate material a mixture of from about 45 to about 90 weight percent of glycerin, from about 5 to about 50 weight percent of water, about 0.5 to about 3 weight percent of fatty acids and esters thereof and from 2 to about 15 weight percent of water soluble salts, which has been diluted with about 10–400 weight percent of water. The diluted compositIon is applied in an affective amount to suppress agglomeration of particulate material and its adhesion to surfaces and to substantially prevent the generation of dust. The concentrated composition has a freezing point of at least ?35° C.

Abstract: A method of enhancing the recovery of useful coal or potassium chloride or borax from screenbowl centrifuge separation operations comprising adding to the screenbowl centrifuge, from about 0.03 lbs active polymer/ton dry solids in centrifuge to about 0.70 lbs active polymer/ton dry solids in centrifuge, of a cationic terpolymer, wherein said cationic terpolymer is prepared by polymerizing from about 1 to about 99.1 mole percent of one or more cationic monomers, from about 0.1 to about 10 mole percent of one or more hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylates and from one to about 98.1 mole percent of one or more nonionic monomers.

Abstract: This invention is a method of reducing the resin content of chemical pulps comprising heating wood chips in an aqueous alkaline medium in the presence of an effective deresinating amount of an alkyl alcohol alkoxylate of formula RO[(CH2CHCH3O)x(CH2CH2O)y]M wherein R is C4 to C40 alkyl; x is 1–50; y is 0–100 and M is H or an alkali metal, a cooking liquor comprising sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfite and the alkyl alcohol alkoxylate and a deresinated pulp prepared according to the method.

Abstract: A composition of matter which is aluminum hydroxide, produced using the Bayer Process, wherein the aluminum hydroxide produced has a Total Organic Carbon of less than about 0.5 milligrams Total Organic Carbon/gram aluminum hydroxide.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring and/or controlling the cleaning of membrane separation systems or processes are provided. The present invention utilizes measurable amounts of inert fluorescent tracer(s) added to a membrane cleaning process stream to evaluate and/or control the removal of contaminants and/or impurities during cleaning. The methods and systems of the present invention can be utilized in a variety of different industrial applications including raw water processing and waste water processing.

Abstract: This invention provides a series of novel acrylated, substituted imidazoline corrosion inhibitors of the formula: wherein R1 is an alkyl radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; R2 is a radical derived from a fatty acid; and R3 is a radical derived from an unsaturated acid and a method for inhibiting corrosion in metallic flow lines through the introduction of such inhibitors into a system wherein corrosion is sought to be precluded.

Abstract: A quaternary surfactant comprising a cyclic diamine group, compositions comprising the quaternized amido cyclic amine surfactant, a gelled aqueous composition comprising the quaternized amido cyclic amine surfactant, use of the gelled aqueous well treatment applications and methods of preparation and intermediates used to prepare the quaternized amido cyclic amine surfactant.

Abstract: Polyester compositions and methods of producing and using same are provided. The polyester compositions at least include an anionic diacid monomer or diester monomer thereof and a polyether. The polyester compositions of the present invention can be effectively utilized, for example, to treat crude oil during production and refinery processing.

Abstract: A UV-protective composition for treating substrates comprising one or more water-soluble, cationic, UV-absorbing polymers, wherein the cationic, UV-absorbing polymers are prepared by polymerizing one or more vinyl, allyl or acrylic monomers with one or more vinyl or acrylic monomers that absorb ultraviolet light radiation having a wavelength of about 200 to about 420 nm and a method of treating substrates.

Abstract: A composition comprising aminoalkyl imidazoline or alkyl-substituted succinimide antifoulants or mixtures thereof, and use of aminoalkyl imidazolines and alkyl-substituted succinimides to prevent fouling in (meth)acrylic acid manufacturing processes and processes in which (meth)acrylic acid is used in a reaction and where unreacted (meth)acrylic acid is recovered.

Abstract: An alkoxylated alkylphenol-formaldehyde-diamine polymer prepared by alkoxylating an alkylphenol-formaldehyde-diamine polymer and use of the alkoxylated alkylphenol-formaldehyde-diamine polymer to resolve water-in-oil emulsions, especially emulsions of water in crude oil.

Abstract: A composition comprising expandable cross linked polymeric microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 10 microns and a cross linking agent content of from about 9,000 to about 200,000 ppm of labile cross linkers and from 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile cross linkers. The composition is used for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations.

Abstract: A method of detecting and compensating for leakage of hydraulic fluids in a production plant, is described and claimed. The method requires two tracer materials, each with its own separate and uniquely detectable fluorescent signal. One of the tracer materials is used for rapid detection of leakage of hydraulic fluid into the cooling water and the other tracer material is used to determine the buildup of hydraulic fluid within the cooling water system.

Abstract: This invention is a method of preparing a quaternized amidoamine surfactant comprising reacting an amidotertiaryamine of formula with methyl halide and alkylene oxide, an aqueous quaternized amidoamine surfactant composition, a gelled aqueous composition comprising the quaternized amidoamine surfactant composition and one or more salts or alcohols and use of the gelled aqueous composition for fracturing subterranean formations.