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Scale control device and method

US5439566A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 11, 1994
Grant dateAug 8, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC02F2201/4615
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Water containing scale forming materials is passed in a tortious path into contact with a series of alternating positively and negatively charged grids, causing scale to be selectively deposited on the grids. The grids are vibrated periodically to break up the scale into fine particles, which do not redissolve or form scale elsewhere.

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