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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120006671 | CONTROL OF SCALE FORMATION IN PRODUCED WATER EVAPORATORS Methods for inhibiting scale formation in evaporators of the type used to produce aqueous distillate from produced waters such as those waters that are commonly formed in steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil recovery methods are provided. In accordance with the in... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110253628 | METHOD OF INHIBITING SCALE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION IN DESALINATION SYSTEMS This invention relates to an improved method of inhibiting corrosion and calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate scaling in thermal and membrane desalination processes. The method includes adding a composition having an acrylic acid 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropyl sulfonic ac... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110114564 | Preventing Silica And Silicate Scale With Inhibitors In Industrial Water Systems A method of inhibiting the deposition of silica and silicate compounds on surfaces in water systems by treating the water with an effective amount of an alkoxylated amines or imidized polymer from alkoxylated amines either alone or in combination with acrylic acid or ma... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20100300218 | DISPERSANT APPLICATION FOR CLEAN-UP OF RECIRCULATION PATHS OF A POWER PRODUCING FACILITY DURING START-UP A method for reducing corrosion product transport in a power producing facility. The method includes the steps of selecting a chemical dispersant adapted to reduce the deposition of corrosion products in the recirculation path, and using at least one chemical injector t... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100051559 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING SCALE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION IN MEMBRANE SYSTEMS VIA THE USE OF AN AA-AMPS COPOLYMER A method of inhibiting scale formation and deposition from a feed stream passing through a membrane system is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) controlling the pH of said feed stream within the range between about 7.0 and about 8.2; (b) optionally controlling the tem... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090294373 | INHIBITION OF WATER FORMED SCALE IN ACID CONDITIONS The current invention relates to the inhibition of scale deposits in a slurry or solution under acidic conditions. The current invention uses an aqueous synthetic mixture comprising a phosphate, phosphonate, anionic polymer, or combinations thereof in the slurry and/or ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090294374 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION OF SILICA SCALE IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS A method for inhibiting the formation and deposition of silica and silicate compounds in water systems comprising adding to the water in the water system an effective inhibiting amount of one or more water-soluble polymers of formula ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090101587 | METHOD OF INHIBITING SCALE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION IN DESALINATION SYSTEMS This invention relates to an improved method of inhibiting corrosion and calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate scaling in thermal and membrane desalination processes. The method includes adding a composition having an acrylic acid 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropyl sulfonic ac... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090008335 | Use of Copolymers for Reducing Precipitates and Deposits from Inorganic and Organic Impurities in the Bayer Process for the Extraction of Aluminium Hydroxide Use of water-soluble copolymers, said copolymers composed of monoethylenically unsaturated, acid group-bearing monomers a) and at least one hydrophobic component b) which contains unsaturated double bonds in Bayer process caustic solutions as agents for reducing precipi... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080223791 | METHOD FOR TREATING FEEDWATER A method for treating feedwater is provided. The method includes steps of introducing a treatment composition into a feedwater stream to provide a treated feedwater stream containing scale inhibitor at a concentration of at least about 0.1 ppm, and combining the treated... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080035565 | Procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes The present invention relates to a procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes characterised in that it comprises:
| 02/14/2008 |
| 20080011687 | Silica scale inhibition A method of inhibiting silica/silicate scale in aqueous systems is disclosed which comprises the addition to an aqueous system of a scale inhibiting amount of an ester of (A) a carboxylic acid functional polymer obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated carb... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20060191852 | Multifunctional calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate scale inhibitor The present invention is directed a multifunctional polymer capable of inhibiting both calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate scale. The multifunctional polymer contains at least one monomer unit from each of four groups: dicarboxylic acids, mono-carboxylic acids, noni... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060016754 | Water-treating microbicide, water treatment method and water treatment apparatus A water-treating microbicide, containing an inorganic acid and a corrosion inhibitor, and further containing a carboxylic acid having 8 or less carbon atoms or any of alkali metal salts thereof. The present invention can provide a water-treating microbicide, water treat... | 01/26/2006 |
