Patents by Inventor Muthukumar Nagu

Muthukumar Nagu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11866664
    Abstract: An ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition and a method for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface with the ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition are provided. The ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition includes 10-30 weight % of fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oils and 70-90 weight % of heavy aromatic naphtha. The fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oils include oleic acid, linoleic acid, and palmitic acid. In the method, the ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition is added to a hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface and the corrosion inhibitor composition inhibits corrosion on the metal surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Nayef M. Alanazi, Md Amanullah
  • Patent number: 11866666
    Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, a method of reducing corrosion during petroleum transportation, petroleum storage, or both, may comprise inputting a corrosion inhibitor formulation into a petroleum pipeline, a petroleum storage tank, or both, wherein the corrosion inhibitor formulation consists essentially of solvent and a pyridinium hydroxyl alkyl ether compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Muhammad Imran Ul-Haq, Nayef M. Alanazi, Talal Y. Zahrani
  • Patent number: 11667829
    Abstract: Compositions inhibit corrosion in various commercial settings, such as in a refinery and/or in an oil and gas application. The compositions include at least one fatty acid and at least two amphipathic molecules selected from the group consisting of dodecenyl succinic acid, dimer fatty acid and benzalkonium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi, Jothibasu Ramasamy
  • Patent number: 11649393
    Abstract: Compositions inhibit corrosion in various commercial settings, such as in a refinery and/or in an oil and gas application. The compositions include at least one fatty acid and at least two amphipathic molecules selected from the group consisting of dodecenyl succinic acid, dimer fatty acid and benzalkonium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Md Amanullah
  • Publication number: 20220396742
    Abstract: An ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition and a method for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface with the ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition are provided. The ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition includes 10-30 weight % of fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oils and 70-90 weight % of heavy aromatic naphtha. The fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oils include oleic acid, linoleic acid, and palmitic acid. In the method, the ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition is added to a hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface and the corrosion inhibitor composition inhibits corrosion on the metal surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Nayef M. Alanazi, Md Amanullah
  • Patent number: 11434413
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibition composition can comprise tetrafluoroterephthalic acid, dimethyl sulfoxide, and heavy aromatic naphtha. The corrosion inhibitor composition can be phosphate-free and can inhibit naphthenic acid corrosion. In the methods, the corrosion inhibitor composition is added to the hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface to prevent or inhibit corrosion on the metal surface, including naphthenic acid corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi
  • Patent number: 11345867
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibition compositions can include a corrosion inhibitor, such as 3-dimethylamino benzoic acid, 4-dimethylamino benzoic acid, or 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid. The corrosion inhibitor composition can further comprise dimethyl sulfoxide, and heavy aromatic naphtha. The corrosion inhibitor composition can be phosphate-free and can inhibit naphthenic acid corrosion. In the methods, a corrosion inhibitor composition is added to the hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface to prevent or inhibit corrosion on the metal surface, including naphthenic acid corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi
  • Patent number: 11319634
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibitor composition can comprise 2-aminoterephthalic acid, dimethyl sulfoxide and heavy aromatic naphtha (HAN). In another embodiment, the composition can comprise 4-methylamino benzoic acid or 4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid, N-methyl pyrrolidone, and HAN. In the method, a corrosion inhibitor composition comprising 2-aminoterephthalic acid, 4-methylamino benzoic acid, or 4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid can be added to a hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface. The corrosion can be caused by naphthenic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi
  • Patent number: 11275016
    Abstract: An electrochemical system for measuring the repassivation kinetics of a metallic material under sour oil field conditions comprises a housing made of the metallic material surrounding an internal space; insulating covers positioned on the housing, an electrolyte enclosed within the internal space of the housing and the insulating covers, a scratch tool including a second housing made of an insulting material that one end positioned in the electrolyte, a sample holder for holding a sample composed of the metallic material, and a pin tip positioned to scratch off a passivation film from the sample surface, and an electrical power source coupled to the housing and the sample within the scratch tool so as to generate an electric current between the housing and the sample, wherein the sample holder is movable with respect to the pin tip to create a scratch on the sample within the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Nayef M. Alanazi, Muthukumar Nagu, AbdulHadi Abdullatif
  • Publication number: 20210388276
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibition compositions can include a corrosion inhibitor, such as 3-dimethylamino benzoic acid, 4-dimethylamino benzoic acid, or 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid. The corrosion inhibitor composition can further comprise dimethyl sulfoxide, and heavy aromatic naphtha. The corrosion inhibitor composition can be phosphate-free and can inhibit naphthenic acid corrosion. In the methods, a corrosion inhibitor composition is added to the hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface to prevent or inhibit corrosion on the metal surface, including naphthenic acid corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi
  • Patent number: 11046901
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibition compositions can include a corrosion inhibitor, such as 3-dimethylamino benzoic acid, 4-dimethylamino benzoic acid, or 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid. The corrosion inhibitor composition can further comprise dimethyl sulfoxide, and heavy aromatic naphtha. The corrosion inhibitor composition can be phosphate-free and can inhibit naphthenic acid corrosion. In the methods, a corrosion inhibitor composition is added to the hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface to prevent or inhibit corrosion on the metal surface, including naphthenic acid corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi
  • Publication number: 20210180194
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface exposed to a hydrocarbon fluid are provided. The corrosion inhibitor composition can comprise 2-aminoterephthalic acid, dimethyl sulfoxide and heavy aromatic naphtha (HAN). In another embodiment, the composition can comprise 4-methylamino benzoic acid or 4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid, N-methyl pyrrolidone, and HAN. In the method, a corrosion inhibitor composition comprising 2-aminoterephthalic acid, 4-methylamino benzoic acid, or 4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid can be added to a hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface. The corrosion can be caused by naphthenic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Nayef M. Alanazi
  • Patent number: 10858742
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion of metallic surfaces in contact with an aqueous medium such as copper, copper alloy, and steel surfaces of an open recirculating cooling water system. In certain embodiments, an aromatic triazole having an anionic substituent bonded to a nitrogen atom of the triazole (ANST) is used as the corrosion inhibitor. In other embodiments, the corrosion inhibitor is a reaction product of an aromatic triazole and an aldehyde (ATA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Amutha Nagarajan, Paul Robert Frail, Edward Joseph Urankar
  • Publication number: 20190257739
    Abstract: An electrochemical system for measuring the repassivation kinetics of a metallic material under sour oil field conditions comprises a housing made of the metallic material surrounding an internal space; insulating covers positioned on the housing, an electrolyte enclosed within the internal space of the housing and the insulating covers, a scratch tool including a second housing made of an insulting material that one end positioned in the electrolyte, a sample holder for holding a sample composed of the metallic material, and a pin tip positioned to scratch off a passivation film from the sample surface, and an electrical power source coupled to the housing and the sample within the scratch tool so as to generate an electric current between the housing and the sample, wherein the sample holder is movable with respect to the pin tip to create a scratch on the sample within the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Nayef M. Alanazi, Muthukumar Nagu, AbdulHadi Abdullatif
  • Publication number: 20190127859
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion of metallic surfaces in contact with an aqueous medium such as copper, copper alloy, and steel surfaces of an open recirculating cooling water system. In certain embodiments, an aromatic triazole having an anionic substituent bonded to a nitrogen atom of the triazole (ANST) is used as the corrosion inhibitor. In other embodiments, the corrosion inhibitor is a reaction product of an aromatic triazole and an aldehyde (ATA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Amutha Nagarajan, Paul Robert Frail, Edward Joseph Urankar
  • Patent number: 10253274
    Abstract: Treatment compositions for neutralizing acidic species and reducing hydrochloride and amine salts in a fluid hydrocarbon stream are disclosed. The treatment compositions may comprise at least one amine with a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0. Methods for neutralizing acidic species and reducing deposits of hydrochloride and amine salts in a hydrocarbon refining process are also disclosed. The methods may comprise providing a fluid hydrocarbon stream and adding a treatment composition to the fluid hydrocarbon stream. The treatment compositions used may have a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0 and comprise either water-soluble or oil-soluble amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alagarsamy Subbiah, Rebika Mayanglambam Devi, Nimeshkumar Kantilal Patel, Muthukumar Nagu, Romit Ghosh, Sathees Kesavan, Ashok Shankar Shetty, Manish Joshi
  • Publication number: 20180002619
    Abstract: Treatment compositions for neutralizing acidic species and reducing hydrochloride and amine salts in a fluid hydrocarbon stream are disclosed. The treatment compositions may comprise at least one amine with a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0. Methods for neutralizing acidic species and reducing deposits of hydrochloride and amine salts in a hydrocarbon refining process are also disclosed. The methods may comprise providing a fluid hydrocarbon stream and adding a treatment composition to the fluid hydrocarbon stream. The treatment compositions used may have a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0 and comprise either water-soluble or oil-soluble amines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Alagarsamy Subbiah, Rebika Mayanglambam Devi, Nimeshkumar Kantilal Patel, Muthukumar Nagu, Romit Ghosh, Sathees Kesavan, Ashok Shankar Shetty, Manish Joshi
  • Patent number: 9803149
    Abstract: Treatment compositions for neutralizing acidic species and reducing hydrochloride and amine salts in a fluid hydrocarbon stream are disclosed. The treatment compositions may comprise at least one amine with a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0. Methods for neutralizing acidic species and reducing deposits of hydrochloride and amine salts in a hydrocarbon refining process are also disclosed. The methods may comprise providing a fluid hydrocarbon stream and adding a treatment composition to the fluid hydrocarbon stream. The treatment compositions used may have a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0 and comprise either water-soluble or oil-soluble amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: GEneral Electric Company
    Inventors: Alagarsamy Subbiah, Rebika Mayanglambam Devi, Nimeshkumar Kantilal Patel, Muthukumar Nagu, Rhomit Ghosh, Sathees Kesavan, Ashok Shankar Shetty, Manish Joshi
  • Publication number: 20170204339
    Abstract: Treatment compositions for neutralizing acidic species and reducing hydrochloride and amine salts in a fluid hydrocarbon stream are disclosed. The treatment compositions may comprise at least one amine with a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0. Methods for neutralizing acidic species and reducing deposits of hydrochloride and amine salts in a hydrocarbon refining process are also disclosed. The methods may comprise providing a fluid hydrocarbon stream and adding a treatment composition to the fluid hydrocarbon stream. The treatment compositions used may have a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0 and comprise either water-soluble or oil-soluble amines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alagarsamy Subbiah, Rebika Mayanglambam Devi, Nimeshkumar Kantilal Patel, Muthukumar Nagu, Rhomit Ghosh, Sathees Kesavan, Ashok Shankar Shetty, Manish Joshi
  • Patent number: 9493715
    Abstract: Treatment compositions for neutralizing acidic species and reducing hydrochloride and amine salts in a fluid hydrocarbon stream are disclosed. The treatment compositions may comprise at least one amine with a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0. Methods for neutralizing acidic species and reducing deposits of hydrochloride and amine salts in a hydrocarbon refining process are also disclosed. The methods may comprise providing a fluid hydrocarbon stream and adding a treatment composition to the fluid hydrocarbon stream. The treatment compositions used may have a salt precipitation potential index of equal to or less than about 1.0 and comprise either water-soluble or oil-soluble amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alagarsamy Subbiah, Rebika Mayanglambam Devi, Nimeshkumar Kantilal Patel, Muthukumar Nagu, Romit Ghosh, Sathees Kesavan