Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Corrosion testing apparatuses and associated methods
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Application No.: US16679418Application Date: 2019-11-11
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Publication No.: US11360018B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Dennis R. Enning , Ramsey J. Smith , Jeffrey D Spitzenberger , Alexander J. Dulin , Oleg Y. Melnichenko , James K. Backman , William Farrell , Kurt R. Grice , Michael Scudiero
- Applicant: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agent Leandro Arechederra, III
- Main IPC: G01N17/02
- IPC: G01N17/02 ; G01N17/00 ; G01N25/44

Abstract:
No reliable test presently exists for predicting the amount or type of corrosion a metal surface may experience during field use, particularly when the corrosion can be a result of both acid-induced corrosion and microorganism-induced corrosion mechanisms. Apparatuses affording more field-like testing conditions may comprise: a one-pass fluid train comprising a reservoir configured to maintain a fluid at a first temperature state under anoxic conditions; a pre-conditioning chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to receive a defined volume of the fluid; an autoclave chamber having an impeller in fluid communication with the pre-conditioning chamber that is configured to receive the defined volume of the fluid from the pre-conditioning chamber; and one or more sampling receptacles in fluid communication with the autoclave chamber that are configured to receive the defined volume of the fluid while maintaining anoxic conditions. The pre-conditioning chamber and the autoclave chamber are configured to maintain anoxic conditions at a second temperature state different than the first temperature state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200173907A1 CORROSION TESTING APPARATUSES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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