COATING COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING BUILD-UP OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL AND APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COATING AND METHOD
A composition useful in methods and apparatuses for inhibiting the build-up of byproduct carbonaceous material includes a perovskite material or a precursor therefor; and a yttrium doped ceria or a precursor therefor.
1 . A composition comprising:
a perovskite material or a precursor therefor; and
a yttrium doped ceria or a precursor therefor.
2 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the perovskite material is of formula A a B b O 3-δ , wherein
0.9<a≦1.2;
0.9<b≦1.2;
−0.5≦δ≦0.5;
A comprises a first element and optionally a second element, the first element is selected from calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rh) and any combination thereof, the second element is selected from yttrium (Y), bismuth (Bi), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu) and any combination thereof; and
B is selected from silver (Ag), gold (Au), cadmium (Cd), cerium (Ce), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), dysprosium (Dy), erbium (Er), europium (Eu), ferrum (Fe), gallium (Ga), gadolinium (Gd), hafnium (Hf), holmium (Ho), indium (In), iridium (Ir), lanthanum (La), lutetium (Lu), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), niobium (Nb), neodymium (Nd), nickel (Ni), osmium (Os), palladium (Pd), promethium (Pm), praseodymium (Pr), platinum (Pt), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), antimony (Sb), scandium (Sc), samarium (Sm), tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), terbium (Tb), technetium (Tc), titanium (Ti), thulium (Tm), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), yttrium (Y), ytterbium (Yb), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), and any combination thereof.
3 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the yttrium doped ceria comprises Y x Ce 1-x O 2±α , wherein 0<x<1, and 0<α<0.5.
4 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the precursor for yttrium doped ceria comprises a mixture of yttria and ceria.
5 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the perovskite material comprises BaZr 0.3 Ce 0.7 O 3 .
6 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the perovskite material to the yttrium doped ceria is in a range from about 0.1:99.9 to about 99.9:0.1.
7 . An apparatus having a surface exposable to a byproduct carbonaceous material formation environment, the surface comprising a composition comprising: a perovskite material or a precursor therefor; and a yttrium doped ceria or a precursor therefor.
8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the yttrium doped ceria comprises Y x Ce 1-x O 2±α , wherein 0<x<1, and 0<α<0.5.
9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the perovskite material comprises BaZr 0.3 Ce 0.7 O 3 .
10 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a weight ratio of the perovskite material to the yttrium doped ceria is in a range from about 0.1:99.9 to about 99.9:0.1.
11 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the surface comprises a coating of the composition.
12 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the composition is slurry coated and sintered and the precursor for yttrium doped ceria comprises a mixture of ceria and yttria.
13 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the surface comprises an inner surface of a tube and comprises the perovskite material and the yttrium doped ceria.
14 . A method, comprising:
providing an apparatus having a surface comprising a composition comprising: a perovskite material or a precursor therefor; and a yttrium doped ceria or a precursor therefor; and
exposing the surface to a byproduct carbonaceous material formation environment.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the perovskite material comprises BaZr 0.3 Ce 0.7 O 3 .
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the yttrium doped ceria comprises Y 0.1 Ce 0.9 O 1.95 .
17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the byproduct carbonaceous material formation environment is a hydrocarbon cracking environment and the hydrocarbon comprises ethane, heptane, liquid petroleum gas, naphtha, gas oil, bottoms from atmospheric and vacuum distillation of crude oil, or any combination thereof.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the surface comprises an inner surface.
19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the surface comprises an inner surface of a tube.
20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the surface comprises a coating of the composition.