Patents by Inventor Turki A. Al-Khaldi

Turki A. Al-Khaldi 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: 12098996
    Abstract: An apparatus for in-situ monitoring and measuring of general corrosion and localized microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in a simulated environment is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber containing an electrolyte solution and a microbe specimen. The chamber includes a pair of electrical resistance (ER) probes that measure a current flowing through the electrolyte solution and a general corrosion rate on the surface of the ER probes. The chamber also includes a pair of electrochemical noise (EN) probes. The EN probes are aligned to face one another such that the EN probes measure a localized corrosion rate on the surface of the EN probes and measure the influence of gravity on MIC. The apparatus measures the general and localized corrosion rates simultaneously without polarizing the surface of the ER and EN probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Turki A. Al-Khaldi, Xiangyang Zhu, Anas S. Rushaid
  • Patent number: 11926758
    Abstract: Coated substrates include a metal substrate and a polytriazole polymer applied to a surface of the metal substrate. The polytriazole polymer may include substituted phenyls, substituted benzyls, or both substituted phenyls and substituted benzyls. The substituted phenyls and the substituted benzyls may be independently substituted with hydrogen, bromo, fluoro, chloro, iodo, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, dimethylamino, tert-butyl, carboxyl, triphenylmethyl, tris(4-fluorophenyl)methyl, tris(4-methylphenyl)methyl, (4-hydroxyphenyl)diphenylmethyl, and difluoromethoxy groups. The polytriazole polymer may have a degree of polymerization from 50 to 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Husnul Maab, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi
  • Patent number: 11814473
    Abstract: A polytriazole copolymer may include substituted phenyls, substituted benzyls, or both substituted phenyls and substituted benzyls. The substituted phenyls and the substituted benzyls may be independently substituted with hydrogen, bromo, fluoro, chloro, iodo, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, dimethylamino, tert-butyl, carboxyl, triphenylmethyl, tris(4-fluorophenyl)methyl, tris(4-methylphenyl)methyl, (4-hydroxyphenyl)diphenylmethyl, and difluoromethoxy groups. The polytriazole copolymer may have a degree of polymerization from 25 to 250.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Husnul Maab, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi
  • Publication number: 20220381674
    Abstract: An apparatus for in-situ monitoring and measuring of general corrosion and localized microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in a simulated environment is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber containing an electrolyte solution and a microbe specimen. The chamber includes a pair of electrical resistance (ER) probes that measure a current flowing through the electrolyte solution and a general corrosion rate on the surface of the ER probes. The chamber also includes a pair of electrochemical noise (EN) probes. The EN probes are aligned to face one another such that the EN probes measure a localized corrosion rate on the surface of the EN probes and measure the influence of gravity on MIC. The apparatus measures the general and localized corrosion rates simultaneously without polarizing the surface of the ER and EN probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Turki A. Al-Khaldi, Xiangyang Zhu, Anas S. Rushaid
  • Patent number: 11467083
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for analyzing cathodic protection (CP) current shielding of a coating are provided. The system includes: a test cell configured to have a coating film disposed therein and to be filled with electrically conductive solution surrounding the coating film; an electrical resistance (ER) probe mounted through a port of the test cell; and a potentiostat configured to: apply potential to the test cell to thereby polarize a sensing element of the ER probe such that the ER probe is configured to measure data indicative of a corrosion rate of the sensing element when the coating film is disposed within the test cell and while a CP current flows through the sensing element; and measure a current density through the sensing element in order to indicate an extent of CP current shielding of the coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Turki A. Al-Khaldi, Anas S. Rushaid, Abduljalil Al-Rasheed, Naim M. Dakwar, Ebadul Z. Al Haque, Balasubramani Bakthavatchalu, Mohammed A. Alrudayni
  • Publication number: 20220017688
    Abstract: A polytriazole copolymer may include substituted phenyls, substituted benzyls, or both substituted phenyls and substituted benzyls. The substituted phenyls and the substituted benzyls may be independently substituted with hydrogen, bromo, fluoro, chloro, iodo, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, dimethylamino, tert-butyl, carboxyl, triphenylmethyl, tris(4-fluorophenyl)methyl, tris(4-methylphenyl)methyl, (4-hydroxyphenyl)diphenylmethyl, and difluoromethoxy groups. The polytriazole copolymer may have a degree of polymerization from 25 to 250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Husnul Maab, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi
  • Publication number: 20220017774
    Abstract: Coated substrates include a metal substrate and a polytriazole polymer applied to a surface of the metal substrate. The polytriazole polymer may include substituted phenyls, substituted benzyls, or both substituted phenyls and substituted benzyls. The substituted phenyls and the substituted benzyls may be independently substituted with hydrogen, bromo, fluoro, chloro, iodo, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, dimethylamino, tert-butyl, carboxyl, triphenylmethyl, tris(4-fluorophenyl)methyl, tris(4-methylphenyl)methyl, (4-hydroxyphenyl)diphenylmethyl, and difluoromethoxy groups. The polytriazole polymer may have a degree of polymerization from 50 to 400.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Husnul Maab, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi
  • Publication number: 20210189570
    Abstract: A cathodic protection system that comprises a vessel for containing a fluid, an anode positioned inside the vessel, a hydrophilic and oleophobic coating covering at least a portion of the anode, wherein the coating allows ions to pass therethrough and repels oil and wax contaminants from reaching at least a portion of the anode, and an impressed current source electrically connected to the anode and the vessel, the vessel being a cathode when current is applied from the current source. A corrosion protection method coats at least a portion of a suitably sized anode, with a material having hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, positions the coated anode in the vessel, and fills the vessel with fluid. A voltage is applied between the vessel and the anode so that ions flow from the anode, through the fluid, to the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Turki A. Al-Khaldi, Ebadul Z. Al Haque, Balasubramani Bakthavatchalu
  • Publication number: 20210172860
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for analyzing cathodic protection (CP) current shielding of a coating are provided. The system includes: a test cell configured to have a coating film disposed therein and to be filled with electrically conductive solution surrounding the coating film; an electrical resistance (ER) probe mounted through a port of the test cell; and a potentiostat configured to: apply potential to the test cell to thereby polarize a sensing element of the ER probe such that the ER probe is configured to measure data indicative of a corrosion rate of the sensing element when the coating film is disposed within the test cell and while a CP current flows through the sensing element; and measure a current density through the sensing element in order to indicate an extent of CP current shielding of the coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Turki A. Al-Khaldi, Anas S. Rushaid, Abduljalil Al-Rasheed, Naim M. Dakwar, Ebadul Z. Al Haque, Balasubramani Bakthavatchalu, Mohammed A. Alrudayni
  • Patent number: 10539498
    Abstract: A system for measuring corrosion and corrosion-erosion rates in a high temperature, high pressure multiphase dynamic environment includes a plurality of ring-shaped test coupons disposed within a test vessel in a vertical arrangement relative to one another. A test fluid mixture is added to the vessel and the temperature and pressure are maintained such that the mixture exists in a multiphase condition that has a vertical stratification such that each test coupon is exposed to a different phase and/or combination of phases of the fluid. Impellers can be used to stir the fluid to provide a dynamic environment. The fluid can include particulate matter to simulate real world test conditions. Separator plates can be disposed at different vertical locations within the vessel to maintain separation between various phases of the fluids and further restrict particulate matter from migrating between sections of the test system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Yahya T. AlJanabi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi
  • Publication number: 20190056305
    Abstract: A system for measuring corrosion and corrosion-erosion rates in a high temperature, high pressure multiphase dynamic environment includes a plurality of ring-shaped test coupons disposed within a test vessel in a vertical arrangement relative to one another. A test fluid mixture is added to the vessel and the temperature and pressure are maintained such that the mixture exists in a multiphase condition that has a vertical stratification such that each test coupon is exposed to a different phase and/or combination of phases of the fluid. Impellers can be used to stir the fluid to provide a dynamic environment. The fluid can include particulate matter to simulate real world test conditions. Separator plates can be disposed at different vertical locations within the vessel to maintain separation between various phases of the fluids and further restrict particulate matter from migrating between sections of the test system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yahya T. AlJanabi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi
  • Publication number: 20190025189
    Abstract: A system for conducting measuring corrosion rates in a multiphase environment using electrochemical and weight-loss measurement methods on test coupons is provided. A plurality of inserts is disposed within a test vessel in a vertical arrangement. Each insert is provided with at least one test coupon and at least one working electrode that are exposed to the corrosive test environment within vessel. A test fluid mixture is added to the vessel and the temperature and pressure is maintained such that the mixture exists in a multiphase condition that has a vertical stratification such that each insert is exposed to a different phase of the fluid. Electrical signals from the working electrode is measured to determine the corrosion rate using an electrochemical method. The pre-test weight of the coupon is compared to the post-test weight to determine the corrosion rate using a weight-loss method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yahya T. Al-Janabi, Turki A. Al-Khaldi