US 12,474,252 B2
Techniques for forecasting and/or preventing degradation and corrosion
Vladimir Dozortsev, Ridgewood, NJ (US); and Richard Bacon, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to AMS Trace Metals, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 18/264,175
Filed by AMS Trace Metals, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/019622
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/192451, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,871, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133797 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0230514 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 17/02 (2006.01); C25D 9/06 (2006.01); C25D 17/10 (2006.01); C25D 17/12 (2006.01); C25D 21/14 (2006.01); C25D 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 17/02 (2013.01) [C25D 17/10 (2013.01); C25D 17/12 (2013.01); C25D 21/14 (2013.01); C25D 9/06 (2013.01); C25D 21/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
with a sensor, measuring a value of an environmental parameter associated with a fluidic system;
with an electrolysis system, transferring stannous material from a tin electrode to a fluid being conveyed by the fluidic system, the stannous material to be distributed by the fluid being conveyed to one or more fluidic transport surfaces within the fluidic system, the stannous material to form a surfactant layer of tin dioxide on the one or more fluidic transport surfaces; and
with an electronic control system, regulating a supply of electrical stimulus to the tin electrode to thereby perform the transferring in an adjustable manner, wherein the adjustable manner is determined according to the measured value of the environmental parameter, and wherein the regulation of the supply of electrical stimulus is performed so as to form a target thickness of the surfactant layer of tin dioxide on the one or more fluidic transport surfaces;
wherein regulating the supply of the electrical stimulus is performed so as to form the surfactant layer to have a thickness of between one micron and ten microns on at least a predetermined one of the fluidic transport surfaces.