Patents Assigned to MIDCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL
  • Patent number: 9115431
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for reducing stress corrosion cracking in steel vessels used for storing and/or transporting ethanol-containing fluids. Additives including oxygen scavengers and film-forming additives can be employed together in such ethanol-containing fluids (e.g., fuel grade ethanol) to mitigate stress corrosion cracking in steel vessels, such as pipelines, storage tanks, rail cars, and/or tanker trucks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MIDCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL
    Inventor: Philip S. Korosec
  • Publication number: 20130055629
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for reducing stress corrosion cracking in steel vessels used for storing and/or transporting ethanol-containing fluids. Additives including oxygen scavengers and film-forming additives can be employed together in such ethanol-containing fluids (e.g., fuel grade ethanol) to mitigate stress corrosion cracking in steel vessels, such as pipelines, storage tanks, rail cars, and/or tanker trucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: MIDCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Philip S. Korosec
  • Publication number: 20110180759
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for reducing stress corrosion cracking in steel vessels used for storing and/or transporting ethanol-containing fluids. Additives including oxygen scavengers and film-forming additives can be employed together in such ethanol-containing fluids (e.g., fuel grade ethanol) to mitigate stress corrosion cracking in steel vessels, such as pipelines, storage tanks, rail cars, and/or tanker trucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: MIDCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Philip S. Korosec